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'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.

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

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

 Warsaw Ghetto monument vandalized in Poland.

'A disgraceful act': Officials condemn vandalism of Warsaw Ghetto monument

 LOT Airlines

Despite the lifting of the ban: The airline postpones its return to Israel


Grapevine, September 4, 2024: Poland appoints ambassador - feature

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 AGATA CZAPLINSKA, chargée d’affaires at the Polish embassy, and Robert Derevski, acting chargé d’affaires at the Estonian embassy, listen as photographer Erez Kaganovitz explains the background of one of the women in his portraits.

Israeli-Swiss fintech startup Okoora expands to Poland

Okoora, the Israeli-Swiss fintech startup, enters the Polish market, expanding its EU footprint with a cloud-based AI platform for global payments, banking, and risk management.

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Israel must compensate family of Polish aid worker, PM says

Poland's prime minister says Israel should pay compensation to the family of a Polish national who was among aid workers killed in Gaza.

Polish President Andrzej Duda

Wikipedia disciplines editors in Holocaust distortion dispute but sidesteps Poland debate

The online encyclopedia stopped short of taking more aggressive action in response to allegations of widespread Holocaust distortion on the platform. 

 Wikipedia logo (illustrative).

Poland cannot silence Noa Kirel, or any Israelis, about the Holocaust - analysis

Why would Poles be thinking about the Holocaust when scoring a song about unicorns performed in Liverpool?

 Noa Kirel from Israel performs during the first semi-final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, Britain, May 9, 2023.

Poland slams Noa Kirel for comments on Polish role in Holocaust

The Israeli pop star said that receiving 12 points from Poland during Eurovision had been a "victory" after her family was killed there during the Holocaust.

 Israel Entry Noa Kirel performs on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Grand Final at M&S Bank Arena on May 13, 2023 in Liverpool, England.

Israel's hollowing out of the Holocaust - opinion

The flurry of outrage, castigation and near damnation was all over the news and commentary programs, the author writes.

Cards are placed between railway tracks in the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz as people take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 12, 2018.

Germany asks Israel, Poland for forgiveness for Warsaw Ghetto liquidation

Herzog: Uprising was emblem of heroism • Duda: We bow our heads to those who fought hatred

 President Isaac Herzog together with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Polish President Andrzej Duda, in a joint handshake at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes at the end of the main ceremony

Letters to the Editor April 19, 2023: Survivors’ testimony

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Thousands march from Auschwitz to Birkenau

13,000 attend March of the Living • Israeli tech start-up uses AI to revive stories of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The 2023 March of the Living.

Israel abandons Jewish property in Poland – again - opinion

The proposed agreement is nothing less than a spit in the face of Polish Jewry in Israel and around the world, including the survivors and their heirs

 POLISH PRIME Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced, in 2021, that his government would under no circumstances pay Jews a single zloty, euro or dollar.