Businessinsidercoza Israel slams top Russian diplomat for suggesting Hitler might have been Jewish
A composite image of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Nazi leader Adolph Hitler. Sergei Ilnitsky/Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Top Israeli officials slammed Sergey Lavrov for suggesting that Hitler may have been Jewish. Lavrov, Russia's top diplomat, made the debunked suggestion during an interview over the weekend. Lavrov was seeking to defend Russia's ahistorical defense of its war as "de-Nazifying" Ukraine. For more stories, go to www.BusinessInsider.co.za. Top Israeli and Ukrainian officials slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday for his false suggestion that Adolf Hitler might have been Jewish, causing a diplomatic rift with a country that has so far refused to sanction Russia. "Such lies are intended to accuse the Jews themselves of the most horrific crimes in history that were committed against them," Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called Lavrov's com...