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The Polish delegation meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the president's official residence in Jerusalem, Jan. 16, 2023. Courtesy.

Polish parliament delegation visits Israel ‘to reinstate warm diplomatic ties’

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A parliamentary delegation from Poland arrived in Israel this week with the goal of restoring “warm diplomatic ties” between the countries. The visit is the first of its kind in the past four years. The...
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz. Credit: Official Polish Government website.

Poland wants to change how Israel conducts Holocaust-study trips

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The Polish government wants to implement new rules regarding visits by Israeli students to study the Holocaust in the country, including reconsidering the presence of armed Israeli guards. Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz explained...
An IDF delegation at Auschwitz, Poland. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Archives.

IDF to end Holocaust delegations to Poland, chooses Lithuania instead

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In a decision that could undermine already strained relations with Warsaw, the Israel Defense Forces will no longer send delegations to Poland to learn about the Holocaust. Instead, officer delegations will visit Lithuania, in...
The Polish-Ukrainian border, May 25, 2015. Credit: Oblomov2 via Wikipedia.

Israel dispatches ambassador to Warsaw, transfers Ukraine embassy staff to Poland

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Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on Saturday that he had instructed ambassador-designate to Poland Yacov Livne to leave for Warsaw ahead of schedule. “I made the decision … in order to enhance assistance...
Jaroslaw Nowak. Source: Screenshot.

Polish diplomat fired after calling country’s Holocaust speech law ‘stupid’

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A Polish diplomat has reportedly been fired after calling his own government’s laws regarding speech centered around the Holocaust “stupid.” Jaroslaw Nowak, the plenipotentiary for contacts with the Jewish Diaspora, made the comments in an...
Polish President Andrzej Duda. Credit: Grabowski Foto/Shutterstock.

Israeli envoy to return to Poland after several months, cites contact from Warsaw

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Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday it would return the country’s chargé d’affaires to Poland following “signals” from Warsaw that it was seeking reconciliation. Tal Ben-Ari Yaalon was recalled by the ministry in August for...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid addresses a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, on Nov. 8, 2021. Photo by Oliiver Fitoussi/Flash90.

Lapid condemns ‘horrifying anti-Semitic incident’ in Poland

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Nationalist protesters called for Jews to be killed or expelled from Poland at a rally in the central Polish city of Kalisz on Thursday. Protesters at the rally, held to mark Poland’s Independence Day, blasted...
The Lower House of the Polish parliament called Sejm. Credit: Spandow Stock Photo/Shutterstock.

‘There is more to Polish restitution law than Lapid portrays’

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The question on everyone’s mind in Poland in recent days was what prompted Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to react in such a critical manner to their government’s decision to put a statute of...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, seen here in the Knesset on July 26, 2021, blamed Poland for a recent deterioration in ties. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Anti-restitution law ignites diplomatic crisis between Israel and Poland

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned Israel on Sunday that its continued criticism of Poland’s recently passed anti-restitution law could harm ties between the two countries. “Israel’s decision to downgrade its diplomatic representation in Warsaw...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid issues a video statement on Poland's passage of a law that severely limits restitution for property stolen by the Nazis during the Holocaust and confiscated by the post-WWII communist regime. Aug. 14, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Lapid decries passage of Poland’s ‘anti-Semitic’ restitution law, recalls charge d’affaires from Warsaw

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Saturday night accused Poland of having “become an anti-democratic, non-liberal country that does not honor the greatest tragedy in human history.” Lapid was responding to Polish President Andrzej Duda’s...