Saturday 3 February 2018

Polish lawmakers back Holocaust bill, drawing Israeli outrage, U.S. concern

Polish lawmakers back Holocaust bill, drawing Israeli outrage, U.S. concernBy Justyna Pawlak and Lidia Kelly WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish lawmakers approved a bill on Thursday that would impose jail terms for suggesting Poland was complicit in the Holocaust, drawing concern from the United States and outrage from Israel, which denounced "any attempt to challenge historical truth". Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) says the bill is needed to protect Poland's reputation and ensure historians recognize that Poles as well as Jews perished under the Nazis.




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