The move came after Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video in which he taunts activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla.
The move came after Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video in which he taunts activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla.
His actions were condemned by the parliamentary speaker, while an MP from the ruling coalition called for prosecutors to take action.
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Sopot has been twinned with the Israeli city of Ashkelon since 1993.
One of them, a member of parliament, criticised the Polish government for “turning a blind eye” to “genocide”.
The proposed text also condemns “the criminal terrorist attacks by Hamas against the civilian population of Israel”.
Poland’s foreign minister expects them to be deported “in the coming days”.
Poland’s foreign ministry has said that it is monitoring the situation and will seek to help those involved.
Franciszek Sterczewski called on his country’s government to condemn the attack and to help protect the flotilla.
“I think we shouldn’t participate if Israel takes part,” said Marta Cienkowska.
The YouTube videos published by Israel’s embassy cast doubt on reports of starvation in Gaza.
Poland also joined 25 other countries and the EU in calling for an “immediate reversal” of Israel’s plan.
The Israeli foreign ministry called on him to “remember the lessons” of the Holocaust because Hamas are “the new Nazis”.
Poland must “reconcile respect for international law with the extraordinary nature of the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz”.
The move is “an expression of our solidarity and our contribution to building a better future”, says the University of Warsaw.