Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he was pleased that Poland had "fully rescinded" clauses in its Holocaust law that caused uproar in Israel and internationally. Polish and Israeli issued a joint declaration condemning both anti-Semistism and anti-Polonism.
In Warsaw, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed changes to the law, removing jail penalties for suggesting Poland was complicit in Nazi crimes, the presidential chancellery said.
"I'm pleased that the Polish government, the parliament, the Senate and the president of Poland decided today to fully rescind the clauses that were signed and caused a storm and consternation in Israel and among the international community," Netanyahu said in a live announcement in Jerusalem.
In Poland, Prime Minister Morawiecki read out a joint Polish-Israeli statement. "Governments of Poland and Israel fiercely condemn any form of anti-Semitism and express willingness to stand against any of its forms; both governments express condemnation of anti-polonism or any other negative stereotypes about nations. Polish and Israeli governments call for full respect and dialogue in public discourse," reads the statement.
Poland hopes changes to a contested Holocaust law would help Warsaw improve relations with Israel, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24, PAP