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Poland recalls envoy to Occupied Territories of Palestine amid dispute with Israel

Poland on Monday recalled its ambassador to Israel two days after Jerusalem did the same over a Polish law curbing World War II-era property claims, which the Israelis have slammed as "anti-Semitic".

President Andrzej Duda on Saturday approved legislation that will severely restrict claims on properties seized by the state after World War II.

 

The "ambassador to Israel will remain in the country (Poland) until further notice," the foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

 

The move came, it said, in response to the "recent unjustified actions of the State of Israel, including the unfounded decision to lower the level of diplomatic relations" and "unacceptable statements" by Israel's foreign minister, among others.

 

"The decision on the permanent level of the Polish diplomatic representation in Israel will be made in the following days," the statement said, adding that Warsaw would also not send the deputy ambassador. "Another employee" would temporarily manage the embassy in Tel Aviv.

 

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Saturday recalled Israel's envoy to Poland over the new law, which he called "immoral, anti-Semitic". 

 

On Monday, the United States also signalled its displeasure over the law.




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