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Israel beats Belgium, advances to the round of 16 in EuroBasket for first time in a decade

The Belgians nearly erased a 21-point deficit in the final quarter – but the Israelis held on to claim a landmark achievement that has eluded them since 2015.

Israel players celebrate on the court following Tuesday’s 92-89 victory over Belgium, a result that secured the blue-and-white’s spot in the EuroBasket last-16.
 YACOV LIVNE (left) had to contend with diplomatic issues between Israel and Poland, Israeli political infighting, and the Ukraine-Russia war, during his term. Here, the former ambassador meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

'History is central to Israel-Poland ties,' former ambassador to Poland tells 'Post'

  Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

Jewish leader bashes former PM's denial of Poland's Holocaust role

 Donald Tusk, Polish PM

Polish PM: Israel testing Polish solidarity with the war on Hamas


Honoring righteous Poles – Gentile and Jewish

Immediately after Yom Kippur, despite the tragedy, the family – whose spirit remains unbroken – began building a sukkah.

A man places tefillin around the arm of a Holocaust survivor during a group Bar Mitzvah ceremony for Holocaust survivors at the Western Wall

Israeli student sent home for stripping at death camp

Majdanek death camp, located in the outskirts of the Polish city of Lublin, was a German extermination camp built and ran by the German S.S.

Former Nazi death camp Majdanek in Lublin 370

Study: ‘Surge’ in Polish antisemitism since controversial Holocaust law

“The surge of hostility to Jews and the Jewish State in Polish media and politics in early 2018 took many observers by surprise."

A view of the Auschwitz concentration camp

Catholic leader: Antisemitism in Poland resurfaced due to Holocaust law

The former Roman Catholic primate said there were “glorious moments” in the history of Poland, but also “mean and un-Christian” behavior.

THE PERIMETER fence of Auschwitz II-Birkenau is enveloped in a thick evening fog during the ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, near Oswiecim, Poland, January 2018

Yad Vashem blasts Netanyahu-brokered Israeli-Polish Holocaust deal

Similarly, Education Minister Naftali Bennett called the joint declaration "a disgrace full of lies," his office said in a statement.

The Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free) is pictured at the gates of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland January 27, 2017.

Yad Vashem slams Israeli-Polish statement on Holocaust

“A thorough review by Yad Vashem historians shows that the historical assertions, presented as unchallenged facts, in the joint statement contain grave errors and deceptions."

The Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free) is pictured at the gates of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland January 27, 2017.

How the U.S. pressured Poland into softening its law on Holocaust speech

Trump and Polish president Duda did not meet once during the Polish leader’s five-day visit to the United States last month, while Trump did meet with the president of Uzbekistan at the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to First Lady Melania Trump, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Polish First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda before his public speech at Krasinski Square, in Warsaw, Poland July 6, 2017.

Senior Polish official says country will amend controversial Holocaust law

"We resign from the criminal provisions," the head of prime minister's office, Michal Dworczyk, told public radio.

A view of the Auschwitz concentration camp

Israeli, Polish presidents fail to resolve Polish ‘Holocaust law’ crisis

15,000 participate in emotional March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau.

 Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Polish President Andrzej Duda led the record-breaking procession at the 30th March of the Living.

March of the Living: The Next Thirty Years

We are marching from our past into our future.

PHYLLIS HEIDEMAN, President, International March of the Living