Lavrov’s remarks on Hitler: Putin apologized to Israel – Le Figaro

The head of Russian diplomacy had affirmed that Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood”. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (May 5th) apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for the remarks of his head of diplomacy Sergey Lavrov, who had claimed that Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood”, according to a press release from the office of Naftali Bennett. Read alsoAre there really “Nazis” in Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin claims? “The Prime Minister accepted President Putin’s apologies for Lavrov’s remarks and thanked him for clarifying his attitude regarding the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust,” Naftali Bennett’s office said. In a statement released Thursday by the Kremlin, no mention was made of an apology from Vladimir Putin. However, it was clarified that the two leaders discussed the “historical memory” of the Holocaust during a phone call. The Holocaust as a “political tool” During an interview with an Italian television channel on Sunday evening, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov affirmed that Adolf “Hitler also had Jewish blood”. This allegation, which refers to rumors regularly denied by historians, angered Israel, which summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday for “clarifications”. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also denounced the use of the Shoah as a “political tool”, judging that “no war is comparable to the Shoah”. Read alsoThis half of the world that remains in the camp of Vladimir Putin These remarks were also condemned by Germany, the United States and Ukraine, countries which Russia invaded on February 24, invoking the need to “ denazify”. In a speech at the end of March to elected members of the Israeli Parliament, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Israel to “make a choice” by supporting kyiv against Moscow, and asked the Jewish state to provide it with weapons. Israel provided protective equipment to Ukraine but did not send weapons, according to Israeli officials. SEE ALSO – Outraged Israelis react to Sergei Lavrov’s comments on Hitler’s “Jewish blood”