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Israel wants apology from Russia over Hitler remark

Israel has summoned the Russian ambassador, after FM Sergey Lavrov suggested that Adolf Hitler may have had some Jewish blood, and that the “most ardent” anti-Semites are Jews themselves.

“Lavrov’s remarks are both an unforgivable and outrageous statement as well as a terrible historical error,” Israeli FM Yair Lapid tweeted Monday, adding, “The lowest level of racism against Jews is to accuse Jews themselves of antisemitism.”

Speaking to Italy’s Mediaset media company Sunday, Lavrov confirmed that one of the objectives of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine is the “denazification” of the country. A reporter mentioned that Ukrainian President Zelensky is Jewish.

Lavrov replied: “I could be wrong, but Hitler, too, had Jewish blood in him. This means absolutely nothing. Wise Jewish people say the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews. Every family has a black sheep, as we like to say.”