South Korea's President Sparks Diplomatic Row by Comparing IDF to Comfort Women, Holocaust

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0300

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ignited a diplomatic firestorm on April 10 when he shared a video on X from a pro-Palestinian account alleging that Israeli soldiers “tortured a Palestinian kid and threw him off a roof.” Israel’s Foreign Ministry issued a sharp rebuke, accusing him of trivializing the Holocaust on the eve of Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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South Korea's President Sparks Diplomatic Row by Comparing IDF to Comfort Women, Holocaust