When asked by a reporter if he intends to apologize before Israel and Germany for the 1972 Munich massacre, which was carried out by Palestinian terrorists and resulted in the deaths of 11 Israeli Olympic athletes, President Abbas answered that Israel has committed 50 “massacres” and 50 “holocausts” against the Palestinian people and continues to kill them every day. 

He said that Israel now admits "these massacres and makes documentaries about them, and that he would rather move towards peace, security, stability, and shared trust between Germany and the Palestinians than talk about “other things”.