NETANYAHU MEETS POLISH PRESIDENT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE CONTROVERSIAL HOLOCAUST LAW

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NETANYAHU MEETS POLISH PRESIDENT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE CONTROVERSIAL HOLOCAUST LAW
Earlier this year, Poland passed a law that allowed for a jail sentence of up to three years to be imposed on those who used the term “Polish concentration camps” for Nazi death camps, thereby creating a rift in its relationship with Israel.
BY TOVAH LAZAROFF   SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in New York on September 26, 2018.. (photo credit: AVI OHAYON - GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda since a controversial law about Nazi death camps created a crisis between the otherwise strong allies.

Duda and Netanyahu shook hands and smiled for the camera on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.


It is not the first meeting between the two men – Duda visited Israel in January of 2017, and even laid a wreath at the grave of Netanyahu’s brother Yoni.

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