https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/560451-holocaust-related-property-bill-sparks-israel-to-summon-polishIsrael on Sunday summoned Poland’s ambassador to share its disappointment over a proposed measure critics say would make it harder for Polish Jews to recover property taken from them during the Holocaust, Reuters reported.
Poland’s lower house of parliament passed a draft bill Thursday that puts a statute of limitations on claims for property that was taken by Nazis, according to Reuters.
In a statement issued last week, Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid said that the proposed legislation will prevent Holocaust survivors and their descendants from receiving restitution for property that was stolen from them.
“Preserving the memory of the Holocaust and being concerned for the rights of Holocaust survivors, including the matter of restitution of Jewish property from the Holocaust era, are central components of the State of Israel's experience and its defined identity,” Lapid said in his statement.
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