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Benjamin Netanyahu defends deal with Poland on Holocaust
Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a controversial deal on a Polish Holocaust law, but hinted at further action after scathing criticism from historians. Poland amended the law in June to remove criminal penalties, after sparking outrage in Israel and elsewhere by allowing jail terms of up to three years for ascribing Nazi crimes to the Polish nation or state. But last week Israel’s renowned Holocaust memorial and research centre, Yad Vashem, harshly criticised the amended law and a joint statement related to it by Netanyahu and his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki. It said the joint statement contained "grave errors and deceptions" by minimising Poles’ involvement in the Holocaust and added that the law remained problematic even after it was amended. 'Criminal clauses' Netanyahu said on Sunday "the purpose of the contacts with the Polish government was to revoke the criminal clauses in the Polish law which cast a pall of fear over researc...
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