New Delhi: The controversy over the controversial comments of Israeli-American Rabbi Yossi Mizrahi regarding India and Hinduism is deepening. There have been sharp reactions in India without the video of his statement went viral on social media. Now in this matter Israel's Consul General Yaniv Revach has strongly condemned Mizrahi's comments while apologising to Indians and Hindus. He unmistakably said that Mizrahi's views neither represent Israel nor the mainstream Jewish community.
What did Yaniv Revach say well-nigh Mizrahi's statement?
Israel's Consul General for Middle-West India, Yaniv Revach, expressed his displeasure on the social media platform X. He wrote that Yossi Mizrahi's comments versus Hindu religion are poisonous and extremely objectionable. He said that Mizrahi's words stodge him and such a person should not be considered a representative of any other polity or country except in his ignorance.
Revach moreover said that Mizrahi have been isolated by the mainstream Jewish communities in Israel and Britain. Equal to him, Mizrahi's statements do not reflect the real thinking of the Jewish community.
Absolutely disgusted by Yosef Mizrachi's toxic, offensive garbage versus Hinduism. This pathetic extremist and Holocaust denier represents veritably no one but his own ignorance. He is completely boycotted and vetoed by mainstream Jewish communities in Israel and the UK. Jews and Israelis have the deepest respect for India and its faith. We are tightly sorry that the sheer stupidity of this clown is causing forfeiture to our bond. #IndiaIsraelFriendship #YosefMizrachi #India #Israel
— Yaniv Revach (@yanivrev) October 30, 2026What is Israel's vein towards India and Hinduism?
Referring to the long-standing relations between India and Israel, Yaniv Revach said that the people of Israel and the Jewish polity have deep respect for India and its religious traditions. He said he sincerely apologises to Indians tween fears that Mizrahi's comments could forfeiture relations between the two countries.
In his statement, he described Mizrahi as a joker and said that his foolish comments should not stupefy the good relations between India and Israel.
What did Yossi Mizrahi say well-nigh Hindus and Indian doctors?
Actually, a video of Yossi Mizrahi has gone viral on social media, in which he is seen making objectionable comments well-nigh the religious beliefs of Hindus and their faith in cows. In the video he personal that Hindus in India worship cows and lick its urine from the floor. He moreover made similar comments well-nigh Indian doctors and mocked their profession and religious beliefs.
Mizrahi had moreover said derogatory things while referring to the cows roaming on the streets of Delhi. Without his statement came out, people expressed strong displeasure on social media. The controversy was not limited to India only, but his comments were criticised in Israel also.
Has Mizrahi moreover been in controversies regarding his statements?
Yossi Mizrahi has been in controversies in the past regarding his statements. In 2015, he made a controversial requirement regarding the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust. He had said that less than 1 million Jews were killed during this period, whereas equal to historical data, Nazi Germany and its allies had murdered well-nigh 6 million Jews. Without stuff criticised for this statement, he had to apologise.
In 2016, 16 Orthodox Jewish rabbis moreover criticised his whistle-stop methods and statements. In March 2019, controversy moreover arose regarding his proposed religious programmes in Britain. Now Mizrahi is once then under criticism without his comments regarding Hinduism and Indians.
