June 16, Pozirk. Israel’s foreign ministry has criticized Alaksandar Łukašenka’s recent comments on the Holocaust in his interview with Al Arabiya, describing them as “unacceptable and deeply disturbing” in a post on X.
The ministry said Belarus is a country that “knows all too well the horrors of the Holocaust committed on its own soil,” stressing that any comparison between the Holocaust and Israel’s war against terrorism must be rejected.
“Equally appalling is the revival of vile, outdated antisemitic conspiracies that should have long been consigned to history,” the ministry added.
In the interview, the Belarusian ruler criticized Israel, saying it needed to “exercise greater care and caution.”
“They have already earned themselves such a reputation in the international community, by bombing Gaza, that it simply cannot get any worse,” he said. “Many have even turned to history. What Holocaust are they talking about? What possible Holocaust, of which the Israelis speak, when they killed so many people, above all women and children? They have wiped everything off the face of the earth there. And now they speak of building some kind of resort on the bones of the dead. That is utter stupidity.”
“Israel, too, needs to come to its senses and reflect on its own survival. If not, even nuclear weapons will be of no help to them,” he added.
Łukašenka also claimed that Israel had drawn the United States into the war with Iran, alleging that Israel benefits from powerful and wealthy lobbyists in Washington.
In the past, Łukašenka was criticized by Israel for his alleged anti-Semitic views.
Back in 2007, he blamed Jews for turning Babrujsk, a Belarusian city with rich Jewish history, into a “pigsty.” Tzipi Livni, then-foreign minister, strongly condemned these “openly anti-Semitic remarks.”
In 2015, Łukašenka said he wanted to keep the Jewish population “under control” and reign in Jews such as the late founder of tut.by Juryj Zisier.
Three years ago, talking about the possibility of Armenia leaving post-Soviet alliances, Łukašenka said, “I doubt that Armenians are stupid people. Armenians are smart people! There is not a single Jew there!”
