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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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
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'

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Yacov Livne, Israel’s former ambassador to Poland, described Jewish life in Poland today, relations with Israel, and the attempts to rewrite the past.

|ByELDAD BECK
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

"I say to the former Prime Minister: You cannot control the past. You must live with it, and learn from it. Go and learn,” Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Donald Tusk, Polish PM

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

The text highlights diplomatic talks between Poland and Israel on counterterrorism and the need for diplomatic engagement with Palestinians, with Israel urging Poland to fulfill its commitment.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Israel may host summit including Polish PM, seemingly won’t cut ties

Netanyahu attended the last Visegrad summit in July in Budapest and offered then to host the next meeting in Israel.

FEBRUARY 15, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Netanyahu and Orban

Polish ethics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Birkenau concentration camp in Poland in the snow

Go ahead, Poland, make my day

Perhaps Poland should awaken to and accept guilt for a bloody history, recognizing that no mere law can whitewash the spot on its record.

FEBRUARY 12, 2018ByDANIEL WINSTON
Survivors and guests walk inside the barbed wire fences at Auschwitz, during ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, January 27, 2018.

Polish embassy in Switzerland invites Israeli journalists to honor Poles who rescued Jews

Invitation extended amid dispute over Polish Holocaust-related legislation.

FEBRUARY 11, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the dedication ceremony of a monument to the Righteous Among the Nations at the Foreign Ministry

Visit Poland

Fully understanding Israeli identity is impossible without understanding the Jewish culture that was destroyed in the Holocaust.

FEBRUARY 8, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Majdanek concentration camp in Poland in the snow

France says Poles should look beyond 'nationalist choices'

"We find this law unwelcome, we must not rewrite history, it's never very good."

FEBRUARY 7, 2018ByREUTERS
A sign reading "Stop" in German and Polish is placed outside the gates to Auschwitz to mark the anniversary of its liberation, January 2018

What do Holocaust survivors think of ‘Polish death camps’?

Whitewashing history “can be done more easily when our generation is not here, so it’s very important that we have to fight it.”

FEBRUARY 3, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS visit the site of the Auschwitz death camp, during ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the camp’s liberation and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day, in Poland in January 2018..

Pressure mounts on Poland to back away from Holocaust bill

Antisemitism has resurfaced amid the debate over a bill that would criminalize suggesting complicity on the part of the Polish nation or state in Nazi Germany's crimes.

FEBRUARY 3, 2018ByREUTERS
Birkenau concentration camp in Poland in the snow

Israel's embassy in Poland receives wave of antisemitic messages after Holocaust bill

"We hope that over 30 years of work and dedication of wonderful people, both in Poland and in Israel, will not be in vain."

FEBRUARY 2, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS
Ambassador of Israel to Poland Anna Azari attends a commemoration event in the so-called "Sauna" building at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau, January 27, 2018

Israel should say ‘No’ to Europe’s extreme Right

For far too long, the right-wing parties in Israel have flirted with the neo-Nazi and antisemitic elements in Europe.

FEBRUARY 1, 2018ByKSENIA SVETLOVA
SURVIVORS AND guests light candles at the former Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Poland last Saturday, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.