Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized for Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s remarks that Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood”. The information was released today by the prime minister’s office.
After receiving a call from Putin, Bennett accepted the apology and thanked Russia for “clarifying its stance on the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust.”
Last Sunday, Russian Chancellor Sergei Lavrov said in an interview that Adolf Hitler is of Jewish descent. When asked how Russia would justify the war with Ukraine, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is Jewish, said he wanted to “denetize” the country.
Speaking through an Italian translator, Lavrov said, “I think Hitler also had Jewish blood, when they said, “What kind of nazification is this if we are Jewish, it doesn’t make sense.” “
The speech was denounced by the Israeli government, which accused Lavrov of being anti-Semitic and contemptuous of the Holocaust.
“These lies are aimed at accusing the Jews of the most horrific crimes committed against them in history,” Bennett said in a statement after the remarks. “The use of the Jewish people’s Holocaust for political purposes must be stopped immediately.”
In a meeting with Putin, Bennett said that he asked him to allow people to be evacuated from Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol city. This place has been under siege for days.
The Israeli official said he made the request after his previous meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and that Putin had promised to create a corridor for the evacuation of civilians.
*With information from AFP and Reuters
source: Noticias
