Current sectionWorld NewsEuropeThe director general of the foreign ministry summoned Ambassador Yuri Yarusevich over the Belarusian president's 'outrageous' remarksShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeLiza Rozovsky06:14 PM • June 17 2026 IDTIsrael's Foreign Ministry summoned Belarus' ambassador to Israel for an official reprimand on Wednesday, after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko compared IDF operations in Gaza to the Holocaust.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:HolocaustIsrael-Gaza WarTrending NowIsrael Armed Settlers With Thousands of Guns. Now It Can't Control ThemADL Slams pro-Netanyahu Pundit for 'Antisemitic Slur' Against Trump EnvoysInside the Deal: Iran Set the Terms, Trump Yielded, Israel SidelinedThe First non-Jewish Captain of the Israeli National Soccer Team Calls It QuitsBen and Jerry's Has a New Zionist Ice CreamCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran DealIsrael ElectionsGaza FlotillaAIPAC's PlaybookIsrael FlightsWorld CupHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael Summons Belarusian Envoy Over Lukashenko's Gaza Holocaust CommentKnesset Grants Likud MK Immunity After She Exposed Identity of Shin Bet AgentToronto Police Link Gun-for-hire Networks to Shootings at Synagogues, ConsulateMeet Al Shami, the Syrian Singer Giving Voice to Arab Gen ZNew York's Jewish Federation Returns to Meet Pope Leo XIVRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeTrump Just Dropped a Megaton Bomb on Netanyahu's Re-election Campaign'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesWhy Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews?The Fake Gaza Charity Linked to the Anti-left Disinformation Campaign in France