The “careless” statement about Hitler's Jewish blood hardly sounded like that from an experienced diplomat. Perhaps this is how the Kremlin is trying to turn Ukrainians against President Zelensky.
Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar believes that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov should apologize for his recent anti-Semitic statements , reports “Present time”.
The incident happened when Lavrov answered a question from the Italian TV company Mediaset: “How do Moscow's statements about the” nazification “of Ukraine and the” Nazi “regime in Kyiv correlate with the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a Jew?”
< p> “He puts forward an argument: what kind of nationalization can they have if he is a Jew? I may be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing. The wise Jewish people say that the fiercest anti-Semites are usually Jews. “The family is not without a freak,” as we say, “said the Russian” diplomat “.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Lavrov's words were “unforgivable outrageous and a gross historical error, “and that Israel is waiting for an apology from Lavrov. Instead of apologizing, Lavrov's office accused Israel of supporting the “Nazis” in Ukraine.
but it would be nice if he apologized to the Jews and simply admitted his mistake, “said the chief rabbi of Russia.
According to Lazar , Russia is inappropriate to make any comparisons between the Holocaust and current events in Ukraine, as it “belittles the merits of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz and raised the banner of victory over the Reichstag.”
