Israeli leader says he understands criticism of Poland deal

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he understands the criticism of his compromised agreement with Poland over its disputed Holocaust speech law, as he tried to tamp down an uproar at home in which he criticized the law of whitewashing history for political considerations

Netanyahu and his Polish counterpart issued a joint statement last week praising Polish resistance to the Nazi occupation and distancing Poland from the Holocaust.

The agreement was agreed to be in favor of the end of the world.

Instead, the compromised sparked outrage in Israel over Netanyahu's apparent capitulation to the Polish narrative that they were only victims of the Nazis. Historians say anti-Semitism was deeply rooted in Poland and that many Poles collaborated with the Nazis in the genocide.

In a rare rebuke of the Israeli government, the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial slammed the statement, saying it contained "highly problematic wording "and" grave errors and deceptions. "

It warned that the law's revision did nothing to change its essence, saying it could still impede historical research. Netanyahu's coalition of shareholders, the Netanyahu coalition of the Netanyahu coalition,

"The statement published after "The changing of the law was accompanied by a senior historian." "

The declaration, which denounced" anti-Polonism "alongside anti-Polonism. Semitism, was seen as a diplomatic coup for Poland, which had long sought international recognition of the massive suffering of its victims.

For decades, Polish society avoided discussing the killing of Jews by civilians or denied that anti-Semitism motivated the slayings, blaming all atrocities on the Germans. Raised on this narrative, many Poles react viscerally when confronted with the growing body of scholarship on Polish involvement in the killing of Jews

In Israel, home to the world's largest survivor population, many remember anti-Semitism in Poland from before, during and after World War II.

"Netanyahu must stop trading in history as it was his personal property," read Sunday's hand editorial in the daily Haaretz, titled "History Is Not for Sale."

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Poland is one of a growing number of women and men in the United States. of nationalist governments in eastern Europe that have become more supportive of Israel in recent years.

Tamar Zandberg, leader of the left wing of the United States of America. Meretz party, said she is convening a parliament vote this week to disavow the agreement.

"Netanyahu sold his soul to the devil in a document that the greatest anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers in Europe would gladly sign off on," she said. "It is unbelievable that the Prime Minister of Israel is simply willing to sell the history of our people for this nonsense."