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Now all these experts have told Haaretz that Moscow's disgusting propaganda has pissed them off.. Two prominent researchers on anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe lashed out at the Russian government after their work was cited to justify Lavrov's claims about " During an interview with Italian media, the Russian minister said that the Jewish origin of President Volodymyr Zelensky does not justify Ukrainian " In doing so, he repeated the insane theory that Adolf Hitler allegedly had " In addition, Lavrov said that " After protests from Israel, Russia stepped up its assertion even more by issuing a statement citing Israeli Holocaust historian Javi Dreyfuss and Ukrainian Jewish activist Eduard Dolinsky.

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The Russian Foreign Ministry pointed to the words of Dreyfuss for 2018 that Jews during the Second World War were forced to cooperate with the Nazis in the framework of the so-called Judenrat (Jewish Council).

“What is especially tragic from a historical point of view is that during the Second World War, some Jews were forced to participate in crimes, while Volodymyr Zelensky speculates on his roots knowingly and voluntarily. He uses his origin as a cover,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said..

Dreyfuss, a professor at Tel Aviv University and a contributor to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, called the Russian claim " She noticed that her quote was " Dreyfuss said she was not consulted before the Russian citation. Moreover, her name and reputation were used to “legitimize the false discourse on the topic of Nazism”.

“Trying to blame Jews for their own deaths is a fundamental violation of historical truth and an anti-Semitic statement. I was dismayed and stunned by this attempt to use and abuse my comments given in a different context. But what worries me even more is the false words of a high-ranking Russian official accusing Jews of Hitler's crimes and spreading false information about Jews and the Holocaust,” Dreyfuss said..

Activist and director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee in Kyiv, Eduard Dolinsky, criticized Ukrainian attempts to rehabilitate Nazi-era collaborators. But he stressed that Russia fabricated its allegations about him.. The Russian Foreign Ministry claims that Dolinsky " The director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee is now in northwestern Ukraine, where he left to escape the Russian invasion.. In a telephone conversation, he told Haaretz reporters: " Dolinsky called the Russian Foreign Ministry's statement "

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The Russian ministry also cited a report by the Israeli Ministry on Diaspora Issues for 2017. Allegedly, this document proved that Ukraine " Diaspora Minister Dr. Nachman Shai issued a response statement saying that Russia should study the full reports of his ministry in order to “completely understand anti-Semitism in the countries of the former USSR, including Russia itself.”.

“This reality does not make the leader of any particular country a Nazi and cannot be used to justify false claims alluding to Jewish guilt in crimes against Jews, or to justify an invasion of a sovereign country,” the Israeli minister said in a statement..

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, both sides have compared each other to Nazis and accused each other of genocide.. Vladimir Putin said in February that his goal was to “demilitarize and denazify” Ukraine. The Russian claims were categorically denied by the leaders of the Ukrainian Jewish community.. Instead, they were infuriated by Russian strikes on important Jewish sites, including a synagogue, a yeshiva, and a Holocaust memorial.. Putin has long used accusations of Nazism to justify his actions against Ukraine.

In 2014, after the annexation of Crimea, he spoke of the “rampant” of reactionary, nationalist and anti-Semitic forces throughout the country..

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Last week, European Commission anti-Semitism coordinator Katharina von Schnurbein told Haaretz that Moscow's self-proclaimed mission to " In turn, Dreyfuss said that both Russia and Ukraine are trying to identify their enemy with Nazism, abusing the theme of the Holocaust and World War II.. And that's a big problem too..