Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid reacted to the loud statement of his Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov, made in an interview with Italian television journalists.
On the eve of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that “Hitler was also a Jew”, and “the most ardent anti -Semites, as a rule, Jews.”
“The statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Lavrov are not only unforgivable and outrageous – they are also a terrible historical mistake, – Yair Lapid said.” Jews did not kill themselves during the Holocaust. The accusation of the Jews themselves in anti -Semitism is the most low level of racism in relation to Jews “, quotes the head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry edition of the details.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Idan Role also spoke about at least Lavrov’s strange statement. Idan Rol called the words of the Russian minister delusional, and their essence – “a new anti -Semitic attack.” “The state of Israel and the Israeli Foreign Ministry will not allow such statements,” summed up the deputy minister.
KAN channel reported that the Russian Ambassador to Tel Aviv was called to the Israel Foreign Ministry.