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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


Polish foreign minister due to arrive in Israel today for three-day visit

Waszczykowski, who formerly was the Polish ambassador to Iran, is making his first visit to Israel since taking office in November 2015.

Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski

A visit to the old and new hells of Europe

My weeklong visit to Hell reaffirmed my commitment to defend Israel’s right to exist, to speak out for Israel when it is unfairly attacked, and to defeat its enemies in the marketplace of ideas.

Survivors of Auschwitz arrive to the former camp in Oswiecim

No holds are barred as Israel battles for a one billion dollar defense deal

Defense Ministry officials hope that after the two years of relative stagnation in weapons sales, the figures will rise in 2016.

Israel’s Elbit defense contractor is aiming to supply at least 20 systems of its Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 drones, seen here during a presentation at a Swiss airbase

48 years since expulsion of Poland’s Jews

The purge resulted in the forced exodus of 20,000 Jews, a mere 25 years after Nazi Germany had carried out the Holocaust on Polish soil.

Flowers are placed at the "death wall" at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland

Construction crew unearths bones at site of former Nazi camp

The Jewish community of Krakow, which officially owns the property, was not informed of the plans to repair the pipeline, its president said.

A tourist looks at skulls and bones of more than 8,000 victims of the Khmer Rouge regime displayed at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh July 2, 2015.

Citing high costs, Knesset panel urges halt to school trips to Poland

The committee convened for a discussion about high school class trips to Poland to visit key sites of the Holocaust and the many students who cannot afford to join these outings.

Ross in Poland with students from Midreshet Lindenbaum.

Police say tour 'cartel' fixed prices on youth delegations to Poland

Officers from the Israel Police and the Anti-Trust Authority arrested nine suspects on Monday morning and seized a number of bank accounts of suspects believed linked to the alleged scam.

Students of the Gidonim Reut High School traveled to Poland to spend eight days cleaning up and restoring the Jewish cemetery in Czestochowa.

Poland says will not accept migrant quotas after Paris attacks

"The attacks mean the necessity of an even deeper revision of the European policy towards the migrant crisis," Konrad Szymanski said at a Saturday briefing.

Police forces and rescuers walk through rue Oberkampf near the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris, early on November 14, 2015

Elbit to provide Polish special forces with training equipment

Poland to receive live-fire training suites for combat soldiers, vehicles, simulation equipment, grenades, and suicide bomber kits to simulate engagements with terrorists.

SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS drill recently in an urban environment that is part of the Elbit Combat Training System.

'If Europe opens its gates to Muslims, there will be beheadings here'

More than three decades on from the events that shot him to fame, Lech Walesa, the co-founder of Solidarity, is enjoying himself as Poland’s ‘enfant terrible.’

Lech Walesa attends a church service to commemorate former German President Richard von Weizsaecker in Berlin February 11, 2015.