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The Polish parliament approved the law on the restitution of Jewish property;

Lapid: Impairs the memory of the Holocaust

The law, which is expected to make it harder for Jews to reclaim properties confiscated by the Nazis, will now be submitted for the signature of the Polish president.

Israel and the United States attacked the approval of the law, and the Israeli foreign minister said that "Poland knows what is the right thing to do - repeal the law."

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Barak Ravid and the news agencies

Thursday, 12 August 2021, 02:05

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Poland's parliament last night (Wednesday) approved a law that is expected to make it harder for Jews to reclaim property and property confiscated by the Nazis during World War II.

The law will now be submitted for the signature of the president, Andrzej Duda, and only then will it take official effect.

Israel approved the approval of the law, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that "Poland knows what is the right thing to do - repeal the law."

"The State of Israel will not compromise on any comma in the memory of the Holocaust," Lapid responded on Twitter to the approval of the law.

"I condemn the legislation of the Polish Parliament passed today that harms the memory of the Holocaust and the rights of its victims. As early as 2018, I opposed the joint declaration adopted and it is being re-examined these days. I will continue to oppose any attempt to rewrite history and promote compromises .

Knesset Speaker Miki Levy announced that following the approval of Polish law, he decided not to establish the Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group between Poland and Israel. "I urge Polish President Andrzej Auntie not to sign this despicable law."

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Approved the law that is expected to make it harder for Jews to reclaim property and property.

Parliament in Poland, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

Simultaneously with the approval of the Property Restitution Act, the lower house of parliament approved another law, which would strengthen the ban on companies outside Europe from owning Polish television stations. According to the opposition in Poland, the law is intended primarily to harm the TVN24 news channel, which is owned by the American company Discovery and is considered one of the few media outlets criticizing the government in Poland.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the United States was concerned that the Polish parliament had approved a law restricting the process of returning property from the Holocaust, as well as a media law likely to harm a US-owned Polish television station. He added that the United States is calling on the President of Poland not to sign the laws.

The US State Department said it was following developments around the "Communications Law" and the Jewish Property Restitution Law, and called on Poland to show that it "meets the values ​​that bind the United States and Poland."

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned Price said the United States was "watching Poland's legislative efforts on the media and returning property from the Holocaust up close," noting that Foreign Ministry officials spoke with senior Polish officials on the issue.

"The State of Israel will not compromise on any comma in the memory of the Holocaust."

Lapid (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

About two months ago, Poland's ambassador to Israel, Mark Magirowski, was summoned for a reprimand call at the Foreign Ministry.

This, after the law was passed in the lower house of parliament.

In response to the ambassador's summons, the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw summoned Tal Ben-Ari, the person in charge of the Israeli embassy in Poland, a day later.

Poland is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world, but most of it was destroyed during the Holocaust.

After the fall of the communist regime in 1989, former Jewish property owners began to work for compensation.

The Constitutional Court of Poland ruled in 2015 that the length of time that property claims can be heard should be limited.

In March, a parliamentary committee proposed a law that would implement this ruling, and the law stipulates that after 30 years the undecided claims will be closed.

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