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El Al issues public apology for flying during the Sabbath |
| By: Israel Insider staff |
| Published: August 2, 2007 |
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A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews Tuesday was caught vandalizing the Majdanek death camp in Lublin, Poland, during their visit. The men ripped off the entrance gate from its hinges, in what the Israeli ambassador to Poland David Peleg said was "a stain on Israel's good name."
The men all confessed and agreed to pay for damages, and Polish authorities agreed not to press charges, Ynet reported.
"This incident illustrates the enormous sensitivity with which these group visits are handled. The vast majority of visits are conducted without any problems (some 30,000 Israeli youths visit Poland every year) and contribute greatly to cooperation between the two countries and two peoples, it's a terrible shame that these isolated incidents stain the rest," Peleg said.
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