Israel says Russian President Putin has apologised for remarks made by his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who claimed Adolf Hitler may have had 'Jewish blood'
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised for remarks made by his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who claimed Adolf Hitler may have had "Jewish blood."
"The Prime Minister accepted President Putin's apology for Lavrov's remarks and thanked him for clarifying his attitude towards the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust," Naftali Bennett's office said in a statement on Thursday. According to a statement from the prime minister’s office, Bennett accepted Putin’s apologies for Russia‘s Foreign Minister “Lavrov’s anti-Semitic” remarks.It did, however, note that the leaders discussed the "historic memory" of the holocaust.
Lavrov, according to a transcript posted on the Russian foreign ministry website, then added: "I could be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood."
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