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You can’t deny Holocaust, Netanyahu tells Poland

Holocaust survivors gather to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day during a ceremony at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on the National Mall January 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. Israeli PM Netanyahu accused Poland on Saturday of denying history with a bill outlawing any reference to the Nazi death camps in the country as being Polish. CHIP SOMODEVILLA | GETTY IMAGES | AFP

What you need to know:

  • The measure is intended to apply to both Polish citizens and foreigners.

  • It is expected to easily pass in the Senate before being signed by the president.

  • Poland was attacked and occupied by Nazi Germany in World War II, losing six million of its citizens.

JERUSALEM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Poland on Saturday of denying history with a bill outlawing any reference to the Nazi death camps in the country as being Polish.