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Natan Sharansky: Why Is Israel’s Leader Being Barred from Auschwitz?

JL;DR SUMMARY Natan Sharansky discusses the exclusion of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the upcoming 80th anniversary commemoration of Auschwitz's liberation due to an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzBenjamin NetanyahuHolocaust Remembrance DayInternational LawWar CrimesRaphael LemkinPolish GovernmentIccHersch Lauterpacht

Places mentioned

Poland
"When world leaders gather in Poland this January 27 to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one seat will be ominously empty."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"When world leaders gather in Poland this January 27 to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one seat will be ominously empty."
Israel
"Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of all the leaders of the world, cannot set foot on Polish soil without risking arrest."
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