From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Netanyahu aide says attending Auschwitz memorial in Poland currently ‘not in the program’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
After a report said that Poland’s president asked the country’s government to guarantee Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t be arrested if he attends a key Holocaust memorial event in the country later this month, a senior aide to the premier tells The Times of Israel: “We’ll look into [coming] if we receive an invitation. For now it’s not in the program.”
“First of all, they’ll have to solve the ICC issue,” says the adviser.
Last month, Polish media reported that Netanyahu will avoid attending the late January events marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, fearing he may be arrested due to Poland’s commitment to respecting an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued for the premier for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
