Israel played down on April 24 suggestions that anti-Semitism in Ukraine is linked to Kyiv's standoff with Russia, offering a more measured assessment than the Kremlin or the United States as it avoids taking sides in the East-West confrontation. Moscow has aimed allegations of anti-Semitism against the pro-Western Ukrainian government. Washington has condemned an incident in a city with a strong pro-Russian movement where Jews were handed leaflets using language reminiscent of the Holocaust.
Reuters: Israel rejects link of Ukraine crisis to anti-Semitism
A leaflet provided by the Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism shows a leaflet distributed in Donetsk, Ukraine, that calls for all Jewish people over 16 years-old to register as Jews.
