Israeli President Reuven Rivlin offered a brief history lesson about Adolf Hitler to Rodrigo Duterte during the Philippine president’s official visit to the Middle Eastern country, Sputnik reported.

"Hitler was actually representing the devil himself. He was the devil on earth," Rivlin said.

Referring to Duterte’s trip to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial on Monday, Rivlin also expressed hope that the experience would help the former understand why references to Hitler are so sensitive.

"Probably you have realized yesterday the feelings when you have visited the museum of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, to really feel the atmosphere, to feel the feelings of all the people that were part of this disaster," he said.