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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on February 17, 2019, 08:35:21 pm

Title: Polish PM cancels trip amid Holocaust row
Post by: TomSea on February 17, 2019, 08:35:21 pm
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Polish PM cancels trip amid Holocaust row

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Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Middle East summit in Warsaw, February 2019 Image copyright Reuters

PM Mateusz Morawiecki has cancelled a trip to Israel following comments on the Holocaust by Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.


Mr Netanyahu was quoted in Israeli media as saying "Poles co-operated with the Germans" during the Holocaust.

He later issued a clarification saying he was not referring to the Polish nation or all Polish people.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47272718 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47272718)