Israel condemns the words of Russian Minister Lavrov, who assured that Hitler "had Jewish origins"

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid today condemned the "serious statements" made by his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, who stated that like the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, Adolf Hilter "also had Jewish origins."

Following this controversial statement,

the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"Foreign Minister Lavrov's comments are an inexcusable and outrageous statement, as well as a terrible historical mistake," Lapid said.

As he added, "Jews did not commit suicide in the Holocaust. The lowest level of racism against Jews is accusing Jews themselves of anti-Semitism."

In an interview yesterday with the Italian channel Rete4, the first in a European medium since the Russian invasion began on February 24, Lavrov insisted on the infiltration of supposedly neo-Nazi sectors in Ukrainian institutions.

When warned about Zelensky's Jewish roots, Lavrov replied that Hitler "also had Jewish origins".

According to the Russian Foreign Minister, Moscow does not seek a regime change in Ukraine, and assured that the war unleashed with its invasion wants to "guarantee the security of the population of the east", which it considered "threatened by militarization and Nazification".

Since the outbreak of the conflict, although it has condemned the invasion,

where the Jewish state coordinates with Moscow to attack pro-Iranian positions in Syria.

In turn, it has not applied sanctions to Russia nor has it delivered weapons to Ukraine, despite the fact that it did send humanitarian aid, welcomed Ukrainian refugees and also the Ukrainian population of Jewish origin with the right to Israeli citizenship.

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