JERUSALEM, Israel – Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to Israel for comments made by his foreign minister claiming that Hitler had Jewish ancestry during a phone call Thursday with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
Tensions flared between Israel and Russia this week after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov erroneously claimed that Hitler was Jewish to justify Moscow’s war against Ukraine, whose president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is a Jew. When Israel condemned the comments and demanded an apology, Russia doubled down and accused Israel of supporting Neo-Nazis in Ukraine.
A readout released by Bennett’s office after the call said he “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.”
A statement from the Kremlin did not mention an apology, but said Putin spoke with Bennett about the Holocaust, “historic memory” and Ukraine.
The phone call came a day after Bennett held a phone call with Zelensky, the prime minister’s office said.
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