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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Poland refuses to lift ban on armed guards for Israeli school trips
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Poland has banned Israeli school groups from using armed guards during visits to the country, including to former Nazi concentration camps.
Foreign ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina is quoted by PAP news agency as saying: “We are ready to receive Israeli excursions in Poland if they are not accompanied by armed security guards.”
Jasina spoke after Israeli ambassador Yacov Livne last week said Israeli school visits had been banned “because of the decisions taken by the Polish foreign ministry.”
The issue is over visits organized by Israel’s Education Ministry for high school children, which have been suspended since June.
Interviewed on a regional radio station in Lublin in eastern Poland, Jasina said there were no armed guards for Israeli schoolchildren on visits to France and Germany, which could create the impression they were more in danger in Poland than in those countries.
The Times of Israel Community.