Ukraine run by ‘miserable Jews,’ says Donetsk People’s Republic rebel chief.

Example of Anti Semitic posters in Ukraine

Ukraine run by ‘miserable Jews,’ says Donetsk People’s Republic rebel chief.(TOI).

DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel chief on Monday branded the country’s leaders “miserable” Jews in an apparent anti-Semitic jibe.

Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, claimed that Kiev’s pro-Western leaders were “miserable representatives of the great Jewish people.

“I can’t remember a time when Cossacks were led by people who have never held a sword in their hands,” Zakharchenko told a press conference in the eastern rebel stronghold of Donetsk, in a reference to Ukraine’s nationalist forebears, the Cossacks.

Zakharchenko said that the country’s historical nationalists “would turn in their graves if they could see who is running Ukraine.”

Anti-Semitic sentiment remains widespread in Ukraine, where leaders are commonly labelled as Jewish by those seeking to discredit them.

The comments by Zakharchenko, who was flanked by the leader of the neighboring rebel-held region of Lugansk, Igor Plotnitsky, were carried live by Russian news channel Rossiya-24.Read the full story here.

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BREAKING: @TimesofIsrael accuses #DNR PM #Zakharchenko of anti-semitism for saying #Kiev is run by 'miserable Jews.' http://t.co/4e3uRmhdMP
— Military Studies (@ArmedResearch) February 3, 2015

UPDATE! 

After investigation @TimesofIsrael's claims of anti-Semitic statements by #Zakharchenko, it appears they are false. https://t.co/2VYTkv2sqR
— Military Studies (@ArmedResearch) February 3, 2015

It appears the Times of Israel either has a poor translator or is twisting words here.

The video has been widely available on YouTube all day and translated by trusted Russian speaker Kazzura (http://youtu.be/knMWlB4c_cY?t=13m17s). You can see below, in pictures, what he actually said frame by frame or you can click on the link to the video which starts at 13:17 when he made his comments.Hmmm......Amazing so many Russian Jews in Israel and to make such a poor translation?