There has been a tension between Russia and Israel over the issues of ‘Hitler’ and ‘Jew’ for days. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in a speech he gave to Italian television recently, said that he thought Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was of Jewish origin and that “the biggest anti-Semitics were Jews”. These statements drew a great reaction from the Israeli side. A move that will be talked about a lot came from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bennett and Putin held a phone conversation, according to the Israeli government press office. During the meeting, it was stated that Bennett presented a proposal for humanitarian evacuations from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which is under siege by the Russian army. It was reported that Putin promised to allow the evacuation of civilians and injured civilians through the United Nations and Red Cross humanitarian corridor.
PUTIN REPORTED TO APPROVE
It was shared that the duo discussed Lavrov’s statements such as “Hitler was of Jewish origin”, “The biggest anti-Semitists were the Jews themselves”. Bennett reportedly thanked Lavrov for his statements, “for accepting Putin’s apology and for explaining his stance on the Jewish people and the Holocaust.”
In the statement made by the Kremlin Palace regarding the phone call in question, it was reported that Putin congratulated Bennet and the people of Israel on the occasion of Israel’s independence day.
“The Russian President reminded that of the 6 million Jews tortured in ghettos and concentration camps and killed by the Nazis during punitive operations, 40 percent of them were USSR citizens, and asked the veterans living in Israel to convey their wishes for health and well-being,” the statement said. statements were included. The Kremlin’s statement did not include any information about Putin’s apology.
ISRAEL’S REACTION TO LAVROV’S STATEMENTS THAT “HITLER WAS OF JEWISH OWN”
The statement and its repercussions had been going on for days. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statements that Hitler was of Jewish origin received reactions from the highest level in Israel, and the Russian Ambassador to Tel Aviv was summoned to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and many other senior figures reacted to Lavrov’s statements.
Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mariya Zakharova, in her assessment of the increasing tension between the two countries with Lavrov’s statements, said that Israeli mercenaries were fighting against Russia in the Azov battalion in Ukraine.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, on the other hand, asked Lavrov to retract his words and apologize in an interview published in Haaretz yesterday.
Considering its freedom of military action in Syria, Israel is having a hard time maintaining its relations with Russia, for which it acts cautiously.
The Israeli army, in coordination with Moscow, carries out numerous air and missile attacks on Iran and regime targets in Syria, where Russia plays an active military role.
KULEBA: THE ONLY WAY OUT…
On the other hand, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba, who expressed their anger at the anti-Semitic statements of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, said, “I emphasized that anti-Semitism has a long history among the Russian elite. The only way out for Lavrov is to publicly apologize in front of all Jews. “Anti-Semitism cannot be tolerated,” he said. (AA/UAV)