Following an Israeli outcry over a bill criminalizing any references to Poland’s involvement in the alleged Holocaust the Polish undersecretary for tourism announced a delegation of top tourism officials headed by him would not be participating in the tourism market expo in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
The Polish tourism minister canceled his planned participation in the touristic event due to a crisis in his country’s relations with Israel following a bill over the Nazi concentration camps in occupied Poland during World War II.
The Polish officials were slated to arrive in Israel to promote touristic links between the countries and to increase Israeli tourism to Poland but the visit was aborted according to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
The Polish senate approved the Jewish detention camp bill last Thursday according to which any statements attributing culpability to Poland and its citizens for crimes against humanity committed by Nazi Germany will be considered a criminal offense.
The legislation has been referred to Polish president Andrzej Duda to sign it into law.
