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Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an "unforgivable" falsehood ...

"Or perhaps they have never learned those lessons." Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, said the Russian minister was spreading "an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory with no basis in fact". "This means that the Russian leadership has forgotten all the lessons of World War Two," he said. Zelensky, in his nightly video message, noted Moscow has been silent since Lavrov's comments. "The use of the Holocaust of the Jewish people for political purposes must stop immediately," he added. Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an "unforgivable" falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.

Israel has lambasted Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov for claiming Germany's Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, insisting it was an “unforgivable”

He said, “When they say ‘What sort of nazification is this if we are Jews’, well I think that Hitler also had Jewish origins, so it means nothing.” Lavrov made the statement on Italian television, Rete 4 channel, on Sunday, after he was asked why Russia said it needed to “denazify” Ukraine if president Zelenskiy, was himself Jewish. Israel has lambasted Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov for claiming Germany’s Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, insisting it was an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.

The suggestion by Russia's foreign minister that Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood is just the latest version of a conspiracy theory exploiting a gap in the ...

Jerusalem: Israel has summoned the Russian Ambassador in the wake of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement that Adolf Hitler may have had some Jewish.

Wise Jewish people say the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews. Every family has a black sheep, as we like to say.” After a reporter mentioned that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish, Lavrov said: “I could be wrong, but Hitler, too, had Jewish blood in him. Jerusalem: Israel has summoned the Russian Ambassador in the wake of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement that Adolf Hitler may have had some Jewish blood, and that the “most ardent” anti-Semites are Jews themselves.

Russia's Foreign Ministry responded to Israeli statements condemning Lavrov for comparing Ukrainian President Zelensky, who is Jewish, to Adolf Hitler.

History, unfortunately, knows tragic examples of Jewish collaboration with the Nazis," said the statement. In a tweet that posts a link to the statement, the ministry said Lapid's statement was "anti-historical," adding that this "largely explain[s] the course of the current Israeli Government to support the neo-Nazi regime" in Kyiv. "I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood, some of the worst anti-Semites are Jews," Lavrov said Sunday.

Did Adolf Hitler have Jewish roots? Sergei Lavrov's claims about Nazi leader debunked - and Israel's reaction. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has ...

Wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews." "I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. “Hitler was not of Jewish origin and the Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust. The lowest form of racism against Jews is blaming the Jews themselves for antisemitism.” Israel has asked to meet with their Russian ambassador for “clarification” around the comment and has asked Russia to apologise. In an interview with the Italian media, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that Hitler had “Jewish blood”. The comments were made as Lavrov defended Russia for invading Ukraine to “denazify” the country, even though Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference following talks of representatives of the Arab League states with Russian Foreign Minister in ...

"Officially, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the aim of his 'special military operation' in Ukraine is to 'de-Nazify' the country. The comments provoked outrage in Israel, which summoned the Russian ambassador and demanded an apology. "The lowest level of racism against Jews is to blame Jews themselves for antisemitism." Russia's Foreign Ministry poured fuel on the fire on Tuesday by responding to Lapid's comments, claiming that what it called the "anti-historic statements" by the minister "largely explains the course of the current Israeli Government in supporting the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev." A rift between Russia and Israel deepened further on Tuesday, with Moscow claiming that the Israeli government is supporting what it called a "neo-Nazi" regime in Kyiv, Ukraine. - A rift between Russia and Israel that emerged at the weekend has deepened further on Tuesday, with Moscow claiming that Israel is supporting what it called a "neo-Nazi" regime in Kyiv, Ukraine.

In rare internal criticism, Berel Lazar calls diplomat's false claims of Nazi dictator's Jewish roots 'shocking'

If so, please join The Times of Israel Community. For as little as $6/month, you will: Lazar said it was “inappropriate to draw any comparisons” between the Holocaust and current affairs. “I do not consider myself entitled to give advice to the head of Russian diplomacy — but it would be nice if he apologized to the Jews and simply admitted that he was mistaken,” Lazar wrote in a reply to a request for comment by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.