Lavrov calls West’s aid a ‘final solution’

Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces, including three children”.

The number of Palestinians killed in 2023 rose to 16 last week when two people, one a member of Islamic Jihad, were killed in the West Bank city of Jenin by the Israeli army.

The army said armed Palestinian gunmen had “fired heavily” at the security forces, who responded with live fire.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov (pictured), who last year compared Ukraine’s Jewish president to Hitler, has accused Western countries helping to repel Russia’s invasion of seeking a “final solution”. US and Israeli officials condemned the words.

Lavrov said: “The United States formed a coalition with almost all Europeans that are part of NATO, and also members of the European Union and, through Ukraine as a proxy, lead the war against our country, with the same exact goal: the goal of the final solution to the Russian question.”