The Cabinet of Ministers forwarded to the Israeli Foreign Ministry the issue of praising Bandera in Ukraine

The official representative of the Israeli government, David Menser, did not answer the question about the glorification of Stepan Bandera in Ukraine and redirected him to the country's Foreign Ministry. Thus, on March 17, he answered a question from Izvestia journalist Nikita Kulyukhin, who was banned from attending the weekly press conferences of Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

"I do not have any additional information about this Bandera you are talking about, and I will forward your question to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will probably be able to answer it more fully," Menser said.

In addition, the minister said that Israel is a free country where members of the press are not prohibited from asking questions.

Menser also added that Kolyukhin would not be barred from government briefings for questions about Israel's attitude to glorifying Nazi collaborators in Ukraine.

Earlier, on March 16, it was reported that the Israeli Foreign Ministry had banned Kulukhin from attending the weekly press conferences of the foreign minister. This is due to the fact that on March 4, a correspondent asked one of them why the Israeli side did not condemn the glorification in Ukraine of accomplices of nationalists from the time of the Holocaust, including their leader Bandera.