
(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, NOV 24 - The Polish foreign minister summoned the Israeli ambassador Monday over a social media post by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial saying Poland was the first country where Jews were forced to wear a distinctive symbol during World War II. The post Sunday by the museum marked the anniversary of the 1939 antisemitic order -- but did not mention that Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany at the time, drawing an angry reaction from Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. Despite strong protests from Polish leaders, "the misleading publication has not been amended", Sikorski wrote on X. "I have decided to summon the ambassador of Israel to the foreign ministry," he wrote in English. The text does not state that Poland imposed the Star of David symbol on Jews, but there were multiple criticisms of the memorial for being inaccurate. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk even suggested that it was "perhaps not an error but a deliberate act". Polish foreign ministry spokesman Maciej Wewior also expressed concern about a deliberate act, given that "Yad Vashem plans to open a branch in Germany soon". (ANSA-AFP).