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Angry Diplomatic Row Escalates
\nBetween Israel & Russia<\/strong><\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

A bizarre and severe diplomatic dispute filled with over the top rhetoric broke out between Israel and Russia at the start of this week when Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Adolf Hitler had “Jewish Blood”.<\/p>\n

This has led to\u00a0Israel demanding an official apology and retraction of the statement<\/strong>, which appeared intended by Lavrov to deflect when pressed on why President Putin has repeatedly said Ukraine is in the grip of neo-Nazis when its president\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky is himself Jewish.<\/p>\n

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Prior photo of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: Jerusalem Post<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It all started during an interview Lavrov did with Italian TV on Sunday, but which was quickly picked up in international press. US and European officials have also expressed outrage.<\/p>\n

“As to [Zelenskiy\u2019s] argument of what kind of nazification can we have if I\u2019m Jewish, if I remember correctly, and I may be wrong, Hitler also had Jewish blood,”\u00a0Lavrov said<\/a>\u00a0when asked about the Kremlin’s ‘denazification’ justification for its invasion.\u00a0“It doesn\u2019t mean anything at all,”\u00a0<\/strong>he added.<\/p>\n

Lavrov went on to explain that the \u201cmost rabid antisemites tend to be Jews.\u201d Moscow for its part has been outraged that for years Western media and politicians have been cheerleading far-right nationalist groups in Ukraine that have long been widely acknowledged as neo-Nazi in ideology, also often unashamedly flashing swastikas for cameras. Lavrov said the following:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have for a long time listened to the wise Jewish people who say that the most rabid antisemites tend to be Jews,\u201d and added, \u201cThere is no family without a monster.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Israel quickly\u00a0summoned the Russian ambassador Monday and demanded an apology<\/strong>\u00a0over the statements.<\/p>\n

Western press has also reacted fiercely to the statement…<\/em><\/p>\n