The leader of the Ukrainian Radical party, Oleg Lyashko tried to convince Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to apologize for a phrase about the complicity of Ukrainians in criminal acts against the Jews during the 2nd world war.
"Speech Rivlin humiliates Ukrainians, for this reason, I call on the Israeli President to apologize to our government and our people. And the Knesset (Parliament) Israeli ? finally to recognize the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people, as the Parliament in 2008, has acknowledged the Holocaust genocide of the Jews ", ? wrote Lyashko on his page in Facebook.
the head of Israel Reuven Rivlin, who on Wednesday was interrupted official visit to Ukraine in connection with the death of the former head of the country Shimon Peres, said yesterday that the Ukrainian nationalists during the 2nd world war were accomplices of the crimes against the Jews, for example, at Babi Yar. He tried to convince to prevent anti-Semitic manifestations and am sure that the leaders of countries that support racist views will not be recognized in the world

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