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Monday, February 5, 2018
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Monday, February 5, 2018
Poland cancels Bennett visit after Holocaust bill criticism
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePoland has cancelled an official visit by Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday.
Earlier today, Bennett announced he would visit Warsaw amid uproar over proposed legislation that would outlaw blaming Poland for crimes committed during the Holocaust.
“In Poland, I will make it clear: the past can’t be rewritten, the future should be written together,” Bennett said.
He noted that while thousands of Poles helped Jews during the war, many others participated in their persecution.
“I am going to speak truth, where the truth took place,” Bennett said.
But in light of those remarks, Polish government spokeswoman Joanna Kopcińska said “no such visit will take place.”
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