Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised a proposed bill that would make it illegal to describe Nazi death camps as Polish. "I strongly oppose it. One cannot change history and the Holocaust cannot be denied," he said in a statement.
Under the bill, which is an amendment to an existing Polish law, anyone who suggests Poland was responsible for Nazi crimes could face a prison term.
It is expected to pass in the Senate before being signed by the president.
The Polish charge d'affaires to Israel has been summoned by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
Poland was attacked and occupied by Nazi Germany during World War Two. Millions of its citizens were killed, including three million Polish Jews in the Holocaust.
The country has long objected to the use of phrases like "Polish death camps", which suggest the Polish state in some way shared responsibility for camps such as Auschwitz.
The camps were built and operated by the Nazis after they invaded Poland in 1939.
Israeli officials are opposed to the proposed law, suggesting it will limit discussion of Polish involvement in the Holocaust.
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