[Lee Byung-jong] Israel’s friends and foes

Israel has never been a contentious issue in South Korea — until President Lee Jae Myung posted a short message on X earlier this month. Sharing a video that appeared to show Israeli soldiers dropping the body of a deceased Palestinian boy from a rooftop, Lee questioned whether the footage was real. “If so, this is not different from the forced sex slavery (by Japan during World War II) or the Jewish Holocaust that we take issue with,” he said. His remarks immediately drew a harsh response from

By The Korea Herald