Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu currently has no plans to participate in commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Times of Israel website reported on Thursday, citing an adviser to the top government official. Education Minister Job Kish will represent Israel at the ceremony, a ministry spokesperson said.
As the portal noted, the Prime Minister’s aide announced that Prime Minister Netanyahu will visit Poland shortly after President Andrzej Duda asked the government to provide the Israeli Prime Minister with the opportunity to take part in the celebrations if he expressed his desire. provided information that it was not planned.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of war crimes in Gaza.
In November, the court issued an arrest warrant at the request of the ICC Chief Prosecutor for Israel’s military operations against the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
A senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with the Times of Israel that the issue of the arrest warrant needs to be resolved before he can consider traveling.
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– Once I receive the invitation, I will consider (future transfer). The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said this is not currently on the agenda. – First of all, the (Polish edition) will have to resolve the ICC issue – he added.
The Auschwitz Museum announced on Wednesday that 10 state delegations, including Poland, have already confirmed their participation in the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Germany. The delegation will be led by a crowned chief or president.
The most important guests at the commemoration ceremony will be former prisoners of war from Nazi concentration camps in Germany. Organizers expect dozens of people from around the world to attend.
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