Poland tries to frame PM's Holocaust remarks as frank debate
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A spokeswoman for Poland's prime minister has sought to downplay his words equating Polish collaborators in the Holocaust to alleged "Jewish perpetrators" by saying they were an invitation to a frank debate about the World War II crimes against Jews.
Israeli politicians have accused Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of anti-Semitism following his remarks Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, setting off a new chapter in an angry dispute over Poland's new law banning some Holocaust speech.
Morawiecki spokeswoman Joanna Kopcinska said Sunday that his words "should be interpreted as a sincere call for open discussion of crimes committed against Jews during the Holocaust, regardless of the nationality of those involved."
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The statement in Polish and English said Morawiecki's comments were "by no means intended to deny the Holocaust."