The site of the Warsaw Ghetto was struck from the itinerary of Ariel Sharon’s upcoming trip to Poland. The Israeli prime minister is to take part in the March of the Living at Auschwitz next week as part of ongoing ceremonies to mark 60 years since the Nazi death camp’s liberation. But a visit Sharon planned to the remains of the Jewish ghetto in the Polish capital, famed for its final uprising against German troops, was cancelled on the recommendation of Israel’s Shin Bet security service.
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