Polish Prime Minister Cancels Trip to Israel in Wake of Comments on Poles in Holocaust

Polish Prime Minister Cancels Trip to Israel in Wake of Comments on Poles in Holocaust
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look on during the Middle East summit in Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 14, 2019. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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WARSAW—Poland’s prime minister has canceled a trip to Israel in the wake of reported remarks made by his Israeli counterpart suggesting Polish complicity during the Holocaust, an aide in his office told Polish media on Feb. 17.

A government spokeswoman confirmed to Reuters that Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki would not attend the summit and would send Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz instead.