‘No Intention to Hurt’: Sanjay Raut on Israel Embassy’s Letter Over His ‘Anti-Semitic’ Post – News18

Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut responding to a letter by the Israel embassy over his alleged ‘anti-semitic’ post on ‘X’, claimed that he had shared the post long back and had no intention to hurt Israel.

The letter from the Israeli embassy came amidst the ongoing uproar over  Raut’s post on  the social media platform, where he allegedly justified the Holocaust.

In a conversation with ANI, Raut said, “It’s been a long time since I shared that post on X. I have since deleted it. I did make a reference to Hitler in my post but had no intention to hurt Israel.”

The Shiv Sena leader claimed that he had condemned Hamas’ attacks in southern Israel on October 7 and at the same time criticied the Israeli reprisal.

He further said, “I did criticise and condemn the way Hamas attacked southern Israel and took innocent lives.”

“In the same breath, however, I also condemned the way Gaza hospitals were attacked, killing newborns and children, and their essential supplies blocked. I believe children shouldn’t be targeted during a war,” he added.

Referring to Israel’s lack of humanity that they are demonstrating at the moment as a reason behind a leader like Adolf Hitler once opposing them, Raut said, “I said what was happening was inhumane.”

He also claimed that the Israeli Embassy must have been prompted by “someone” to “oppose” his post as it was only after a month that the Embassy wrote to him over the post.

(with inputs from ANI)