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Israel responsible for the rise in antisemitism, Poland's president says

Andrzej Duda referred to the row with Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz that resulted in a cancelled meeting in February

September 27, 2019 09:08
Andrzej Duda speaking at the United Nations on Tuesday
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Polish President Andrzej Duda has reportedly blamed the increase on antisemitic attacks in his country on Israel.

He was referring to Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who caused a diplomatic row earlier this year when he repeated the comments of former President Yitzhak Shamir that “the Poles suckle antisemitism with their mother’s milk”.

According to the website Jewish Insider, Mr Duda said that Mr Katz’s conduct had resulted in increased anti-Jewish incidents and that some of his countrymen had advised him not to go to Israel until the Foreign Minister apologised.

The Polish president is said to have made the remark while meeting American Jewish leaders at the Polish Consulate in New York during a visit to the United Nations.