Since Russia launched the invasion of Ukraine, on February 24, Israel has tried to maintain a delicate balance between kyiv and Moscow, but Lavrov’s words sparked outrage.
the ukrainian president, Volodymyr “Zelensky”makes this argument: how can Nazism be present (in Ukraine) if he himself is a Jew?” Lavrov said, as transcribed on his ministry’s website. He added: “I may be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood.”
“The wise Jewish people say that the biggest anti-Semites are usually Jews,” he said in an interview with Italian television channel Rete4.
In this sense, the government of Israel, through its Foreign Ministry, stressed that the Russian ambassador was summoned to ask for “clarifications”, while the head of the portfolio, Yair Lapid, harshly charged Lavrov.
“Minister Lavrov’s comments are outrageous, inexcusable and a horrible historical mistake”, Lapid condemned in a brief statement. “Jews did not murder themselves during the Holocaust. The lowest level of racism against Jews is accusing Jews of anti-Semitism,” he stressed.
“Only the Nazis were Nazis and only the Nazis applied a policy of systematic annihilation of the Jewish people,” he stressed.
The president of Yad Vachem, the Israeli memorial to the Shoah, Dani Dayan, also condemned Lavrov’s remarks, saying they were “baseless, delusional and dangerous comments that deserve to be condemned.”
Israel’s Minister of Communications, Yoaz Hendel, added to the criticism, who said in statements to Army Radio that Lavrov’s words are “delusions intended to justify the horrible acts of Russia in Ukraine”, the scene of a military invasion from on February 24.
In a late March speech to members of the Israeli parliament, Zelensky called on Israel to “make a decision” in support of Ukraine against Russia and requested arms supplies.
Israel supplied protective equipment to Ukraine, but has not recently given the country weapons, Israeli officials said.
Source: Ambito
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