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Reuters reports:
Israel denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for suggesting that the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying his comments were anti-Semitic and dangerous.
Israeli Foreign Ministry Yair Lapid said the Russian ambassador would be summoned for “a tough talk” over the assertion, which Lavrov made on Sunday in an interview with Italian television.
“It is an unforgivable, scandalous statement, a terrible historical mistake, and we expect an apology,” Lapid told the YNet news website.
The BBC reports:
Mr Lavrov made the remarks in an interview on Italian TV programme Zona Bianca on Sunday, days after Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of the most solemn occasions in the Israeli calendar.
When asked how Russia can claim that it is fighting to “de-Nazify” Ukraine when President Volodymyr Zelensky is himself Jewish, Mr Lavrov said: “So what if Zelensky is Jewish.”
“The fact does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine. I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood,” adding that “some of the worst anti-Semites are Jews.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov on Monday, following comments from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying Hitler was Jewish.@LahavHarkov reports:#Russia | #Ukraine | #Israel https://t.co/7U1oSpiG1Z
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) May 2, 2022
Lavrov learned about the invasion of Ukraine only hours before it started. Since then he’s been desperate to justify it retrospectively. Now he’s running out of ideas: this comparison of Zelensky to Hitler, “who also had Jewish blood” is just laughable https://t.co/3CdDSIjENa
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) May 1, 2022
Responding to critics of Russia’s “de-Nazification” efforts in Ukraine who point out that Zelensky is Jewish, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he thinks Hitler had some Jewish heritage, too. ?♂️ pic.twitter.com/SVg7l5viMF
— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) May 2, 2022