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Hypocrisy from Warsaw: Does Poland want to build bridges with Israel or burn them? - opinion

If Poland truly wants to be taken seriously as a friend of the Jewish people and of the Jewish state, it must do more than send an ambassador and issue empty platitudes.

IT’S LAUGHABLE that Poland is positioning itself as a moral beacon; pictured: PM Donald Tusk.
Maciej Hunia met with President Isaac Herzog.

After long hiatus, there is finally a Polish ambassador in Israel

 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'

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of Auschwitz (illustrative).

Poland to 'protect Netanyahu' from ICC arrest warrant during Auschwitz visit - report


49% of Israelis perceive Poland unfavorably: Survey

Poland is rarely presented in a positive light by the Israeli media.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attends a commemoration event at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau, during the ceremonies marking the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day

Analysis: When realpolitik crosses the line

So where should the line be drawn? For the one and only Jewish state, antisemitism is a good place to start taking a strong stand, as is the Holocaust.

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

House in Kielce, Poland, found to be made of Jewish gravestones

“At first I didn’t see anything on the stones because there was so much dirt covering them,” Monika said. “But when I turned them over, I got goosebumps.”

Jewish gravestone fragments found in a demolished cowshed in Klępie Górne, close to Kielce.

Foreign policy expert: Israel needs to recognize its power and leverage

Prince William came to Jerusalem, Poland reversed its Holocaust bill and Indonesia allowed in Israeli tourists. Not exactly a weak Israel.

 Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a debate about the controversial Holocaust bill in the lower house of parliament in Warsaw on Wednesday.

Poland and Rwanda should move their embassies to Jerusalem

FOREIGN MINISTER Avigdor Liberman opens a Rwanda-Israel center last week.

Talking to Poland’s PM about the Holocaust

Why stifle a vital conversation that is long overdue? We need more interaction between Poles and Jews, not less.

POLAND’S PRIME Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

Polish senator calls for Israeli ambassador’s expulsion

“It has been very easy to wake up and recall all antisemitic demons in Poland,” Israeli Ambassador to Poland Anna Azari said in the speech.

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

Poland seeks to assure wary U.S. as Holocaust law takes effect

Magierowski acknowledged Poland made a few "PR mistakes" in the rollout of the new legislation, and expressed gratitude for criticism from the Jewish community.

Polish President Andrzej Duda

Aiming to defuse crisis, Polish delegation set for Holocaust law talks in Israel

Israeli-Polish ties nose-dived after the parliament in Warsaw passed legislation last month that made it illegal to say that the Polish nation or state was complicit in the Holocaust.

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

The Polish Holocaust bill and its real repercussions

Birkenau concentration camp in Poland in the snow