President Reuven Rivlin on Monday criticized French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, accusing her of a new, dangerous form of Holocaust denial disregarding European responsibility for the World War II murder of Jews.

"The prevalent message arising from recent political statements is uniquely disturbing," Rivlin said at a ceremony for Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day at Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, located north of Haifa.


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