Pro-Israel Samoa prime minister apologises for Nazi gesture in leaked video

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Samoa’s Prime Minister La’auli Leuatea Schmidt apologised after a leaked video showed him saying “Heil Hitler” and making a Nazi-associated gesture. He said the footage was from a private family gathering nearly 20 years ago and was not intended for public release.

Samoa’s prime minister apologised on Monday after video surfaced showing him saying “Heil Hitler” and making a Nazi gesture. Prime Minister La’auli Leuatea Schmidt said the footage was from a family gathering almost 20 years old and was never meant to see the light of day. “The footage shows me using the words ‘Heil Hitler’ and participating in a gesture associated with Nazi Germany in a private family gathering – not intended for the public,” he said in a statement. “Whatever the context or...