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Poland Pulls Out Of Israel Summit Over Holocaust Statement

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Reuters reports Poland pulled out of a planned summit in Israel on Monday, after Israel’s acting foreign minister said “many Poles” had collaborated with the Nazis in World War Two and shared responsibility for the Holocaust. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki branded the remarks “racist and unacceptable”. He had previously said he would not join Tuesday’s gathering of central European leaders in Israel but said that no Polish officials would now attend. Israel said The leaders of the other three ‘Visegrad Group’ nations - Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia - all still planned to attend the talks, but Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said they would instead consist of bilateral discussions and that the summit would be rescheduled for later in 2019.

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