Israeli negotiators defend Poland Holocaust declaration as protecting research

5 July 2018, 3:04 pm

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The Israeli negotiators of the Israel-Poland Holocaust declaration issue a statement defending the text amid growing criticism from Israeli politicians and Holocaust scholars, as well as the Yad Vashem museum.

The statement, issued in the name of the negotiating team led by Yaakov Nagel and Yosef Ciechanover, reads:

“The chief historian of Yad Vashem, Prof. Dina Porat, accompanied this process from the start, and historical statements that appear in the declaration were approved by her. The joint declaration signed by the Polish government includes explicit reference to the fact that the right to conduct independent research has been preserved, and that no law prevents or will prevent this in the future.”

— Raphael Ahren