Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the Israeli prime minister will not be detained despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Polish government has passed a resolution promising that senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will be free to travel to Poland later this month to attend commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Netanyahu faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes in Israel’s Gaza war.

“The Polish government considers the safe participation of the Israeli leader in the commemorations on January 27, 2025, as part of a tribute to the Jewish nation, where millions of Jewish sons and daughters were victims of the Holocaust of the Third Reich,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald T. wrote a resolution released by Skok’s office on Thursday.

Tusk told reporters, “Whoever comes to Auschwitz to participate in the celebrations at Auschwitz, whether it is the Israeli Prime Minister, the President or the Minister of Education (as currently claimed), will be provided with security and will not be detained.” “

In November, the International Chamber of Commerce released arrest warrant Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yov Galant, as well as Hamas commander Ibrahim al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif, have been charged with war crimes and counter-insurgency Human sin.

Israel condemned the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galante, saying it was an act of self-defense prompted by Hamas. Attack on October 7, 2023 About Israel.

As a member of the International Criminal Court, Poland is required to detain suspects who face arrest warrants if they set foot on its territory, but the court has no way to enforce this. Israel is not a member of the ICC and disputes its jurisdiction.

It is unclear whether Netanyahu will attend

On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Polish President Andrzej Duda wrote to Tusk asking that Netanyahu be allowed to attend the commemoration “without hindrance” because of the special nature of the event.

Duda’s chief of staff Malgorzata Paprocka confirmed to state news agency People’s Action Party on Thursday that a letter had been sent.

“The president believes that there is a problem – precisely because this is Auschwitz, everyone in Israel, every representative of the authorities in this country should have the opportunity to participate in this special event,” she said.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who signed the resolution, said he had received information from the Israeli embassy that the country would be represented by the education minister.

Netanyahu has not yet said whether he will attend the Auschwitz commemorations. He had participated in anniversary commemorations that preceded Auschwitz.

During World War II, Nazi Germany established the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland, where more than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, died in gas chambers or died of hunger, cold, and disease.