That is why the government of Israel has called on the Russian ambassador to protest. Berlin has attributed the phrase “Russian propaganda”. Kiev has called the statements “abominable”.
The government of Israel on Monday summoned the Russian ambassador to protest recent statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who on Sunday stated that Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood”, drawing a parallel with Ukraine’s president Volodimir. Zelensky, in full invasion. of the country.
Lavrov stated that “Adolf Hitler also had Jewish blood” and stressed that “that means nothing.” “The wise Jewish people say that the biggest anti-Semites are usually Jews,” he said in an interview with Italian television channel Rete4, sparking criticism in Israel.
The interview with Lavrov, on Canal4, by the Berlusconi family has also sparked outrage, as it was actually 50 minutes during which the head of Russian diplomacy reiterated the justifications for invading Ukraine without interruption.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry has stressed in a statement that the Russian ambassador to Israel has been subpoenaed to request “clarification”, while the wallet holder, Yair Lapidhas strongly denounced his Russian counterpart for these statements.
Foreign Minister Lavrov’s comments are both an unforgivable and outrageous statement and a terrible historical mistake. Jews did not kill themselves during the Holocaust. The lowest level of racism against Jews is to accuse the Jews themselves of anti-Semitism.
— Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) May 2, 2022
“Lavrov’s words are inexcusable and outrageous, as well as a terrible historical mistake. The Jews did not kill themselves during the Holocaust. The lowest level of racism against Jews is to accuse Jews of anti-Semitism,” he emphasized in your report on the Holocaust. social network Twitter.
“Saying that Hitler was a Jew is like saying that the Jews killed each other. The Nazis persecuted the Jews. Only the Nazis were Nazis and only the Nazis had a policy of systematic destruction of the Jewish people,” he stressed.
Israel: “Saying Hitler was a Jew is like saying the Jews killed each other”
The Prime Minister of Israel, Naphtali Bennetthas stressed that “the purpose of these lies is to accuse the Jews of the most horrific crimes in history committed against them, which frees Israel’s oppressors from responsibility.”
“As I’ve said before, no current war is comparable to the Holocaust,” he said, referring to his earlier criticism of Zelensky’s comparisons between the conflict and the Holocaust. “The use of the Holocaust by the Jewish people as a political tool must stop,” he said.
The German government has attributed the foreign minister’s statement to “Russian propaganda”. Lavrov’s statement is “absurd,” said Olaf Scholz’s government spokesman. Steffen Hebestreit
“I think it is an act of Russian propaganda, in this case by Foreign Minister Lavrov, which does not deserve further comment,” said the government source, who asked about the matter in a routine media appearance.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dimitro Kuleba, has criticized the “hateful statements”. “Lavrov could not continue to hide the deep anti-Semitism of the Russian elites. His hateful statements are offensive to Zelensky, Ukraine, Israel and the Jewish people,” he said in a message on his account on the social network Twitter.
FM Lavrov could not help hiding the deep-seated anti-Semitism of the Russian elites. His appalling remarks are insulting to President @ZelenskyyUa, Ukraine, Israel and the Jewish people. More generally, they show that today’s Russia is full of hatred towards other nations.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) May 2, 2022
The Jewish Community of Rome It has deemed his statements anti-Semitic and its president, Ruth Dureghello, has assured that they were “insane and dangerous statements” sent to the public from an Italian television.
“We wonder what the limit is, if it still exists and where we are going. If history is completely twisted, the result will be a weakened democracy without the necessary antibodies to protect it,” he warned.
Italia Viva senator and deputy chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Laura Garavini, has branded it “every echo of Russian propaganda.”
Source: EITB
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