Israel Reportedly OKs Full Relations

Israel and Croatia agreed to establish full diplomatic relations after Zagreb apologized for crimes committed against Jews and others by the Croatian Nazi administration during World War II, the state HINA news agency reported. The agreement is expected to be signed late next month, it added. Croatian-Israeli relations had been strained since the former Yugoslav republic won independence in 1991. The Israelis believed that Croatia’s nationalist leadership had failed to take an unambiguous stand toward the crimes committed against Jews, Serbs and others by Croatia’s pro-Nazi regime during World War II.