Ramallah, West Bank — Palestinian political factions on Wednesday raged against dozens of Palestinian academics who had criticized President Mahmoud Abbas' recent remarks on the Holocaust, which have drawn widespread accusations of antisemitism. Politicians lambasted an open letter signed earlier this week by more than 100 Palestinian academics, activists and artists based around the world as a "statement of shame." "Their statement is consistent with the Zionist narrative and its signatories [and] gives credence to the enemies of the Palestinian people," said the secular nationalist Fatah party that runs the Palestinian Authority. Fatah officials called the signatories "mouthpieces for the...