Scandal-hit Berlusconi insists 'friend of Jews, Germans'

April 28, 2014 23:32

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi insisted he is a friend of Jewish people and Germany today in a bid to quell international outrage sparked by his controversial remarks about the Holocaust.

The former premier said he was "a historic friend of the Jewish people and the state of Israel" and it was "surreal to attribute to me anti-German sentiment or a presumed hostility towards the German people, to whom I am a friend."

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