Polish Officials Seek Israeli Apology for 'Racist' Remarks
Senior Polish officials on Tuesday demanded Israel apologise for comments on the alleged anti-Semitism of Poles in a row which led Warsaw to pull out of a Jerusalem summit.
Israeli authorities must "reject this declaration... and apologise", Junior Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski said.
He was referring to Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz's comments at the weekend that "Poles suckle anti-Semitism with their mothers' milk".
Katz also said "there were many Poles who collaborated with the Nazis."
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki withdrew from a summit of central European nations in Jerusalem this week after the latest salvo in a long row between Poland and Israel over history.
Morawiecki's chief of staff Marek Suski said if no apology was forthcoming "relations will really take a frosty turn".
The Polish premier on Monday described the comments as "racist and unacceptable", adding that Katz was "trying to insult the Poles by distorting history".
Source: Agence France Presse
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