(Jewish Group) Russia Lectures Israel About Holocaust, Defends Saying Hitler Was Jewish [View all]
Russia on Tuesday lectured Israel about the Holocaust, as the Kremlin sought to defend Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after he had compared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is Jewish, to Adolf Hitler.
Lavrov, during an interview on Italian television Sunday night, said that Zelensky being Jewish "does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine," repeating a line from Russian President Vladimir Putin to justify invading Ukraine in February.
"I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood, some of the worst anti-Semites are Jews," Lavrov said Sunday.
Israel was quick to condemn the remarks on Monday. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called Lavrov's comments "unforgivable," and "a terrible historical mistake," and demanded an apology
Responding to Israeli outrage, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a lengthy statement titled, "About anti-Semitism."
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That's a WHOLE lot of 'splainin' going on, but of course, who will really care? Very few!
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