'Disturbing': Israel slams Belarus President for comparing Gaza to Holocaust
Israel's Foreign Ministry slammed Belarusian President Lukashenko for comparing the IDF's actions in the Gaza Strip to the Holocaust, noting that Belarus "knows all too well the horrors of the Holocaust committed on its own soil."
In his interview with Al Arabiya, Lukashenko said that Israel "already have a bad reputation in the world because of the bombing of Gaza... It is a Holocaust. Why do we speak about the Holocaust suffered by the Israelis? While they themselves have killed so many people, women and above all children have died in the Gaza Strip.”
These comments are "unacceptable and deeply disturbing," the ministry said.
"Any comparison between the Holocaust of the Jewish people and Israel’s just war against terrorism must be unequivocally rejected. Equally appalling is the revival of vile, outdated antisemitic conspiracies that should have long been consigned to history."
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