WhatsappPresident Zelensky compared what is happening in Ukraine to the Holocaust in a widely watched speech to the Knesset.
Unfortunately for him, his comparison drew condemnation from a wide spectrum of Israeli lawmakers. Zelensky who is himself a Jew, appeared to whitewash Ukraine’s role in the Holocaust, while wearing a t-shirt with what looks like an iron-cross.
President Zelensky has been arguing for Israel to pick sides since the beginning of the conflict, hoping his Jewish heritage would help sway Bennett’s government. So far Israel has decided not to send arms to NATO backed Ukraine. NATO has armed Ukraine with state of the art weapons since 2014.
Many experts have asserted that Israel has remained neutral because of the Russian troops in Syria preventing Israel’s air force from carrying out needed attacks on Iranian arms shipments in Syria. With Russia breathing down Israel’s back and a very weak Biden administration ready to throw Israel under the bus in hopes of luring Iran to a final nuclear deal, Bennett’s government sees no reason to pick sides.
“Listen to the words of the Kremlin. They are using the terminology of the Nazis,” Zelenskyy declared in a speech harshly critical of Israel’s approach to the conflict with Russia.
“The final solution to the Jewish question you well remember. Listen to what they are now saying in Moscow. Now these words are being used again, the Final Solution, but now it is directed at us, on the issue of Ukraine. They are speaking about this openly on official sites and in the media,” Zelensky said.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was asked about Zelensky’s comments and replied that Zelenskyy is “a leader who is fighting for the life of his country” but that “I personally believe that it is forbidden to equate the Holocaust to anything.”
