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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


Israel and Poland are partners with shared history - opinion

The 800 years of the common Jewish and Polish history and beyond.

 JEWISH YOUTH participating in the March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland, in 2019.

What’s the solution to the Israel-Poland crisis on restitution? - opinion

While in light of the 2020 Just Act Report the US Congress should hold hearings on Polish Holocaust restitution, a win-win deal for Israel and Poland may solve the crisis.

 POLISH PRESIDENT Andrzej Duda.

Grapevine August 18, 2021: Pole vaulting

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG congratulates French immigrant bridal couple Sarah Chemla and Rudy Haziza.

Blinken: Poland must ‘provide justice’ for Holocaust victims

The secretary of state also commented on a Polish law that would severely curb independent media by prohibiting foreign investments in them.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a joint news conference at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi, India July 28, 2021

Polish Law preventing restitution of Jewish property passes in Senate

"The law will strongly harm [Israel's] relations with Poland," Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said.

 1st sitting the Polish Senate of the 9th term.

Polish deputy PM condemns Lapid's comments on restitution bill

Poland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's comments were "unacceptable."

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling party Law and Justice, speaks during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Beata Szydlo at the party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland.

The role of Polish diplomats in saving Jews - comment

What is not well known is the role of some Polish diplomats in trying to stem the German genocide of Jews, by applying some unorthodox diplomatic means to save them.

ALEKSANDER LADOS

Rage over abortion law in Poland rattles Israeli ‘Polonia’ in Tel Aviv

The heated debate over abortion laws in Poland came to Tel Aviv after two workers at the Polish Institute were sacked for protests targeting the ruling Law and Justice Party.

TADEUSZ WOLENSKI holds the Hebrew translation of ‘The Books of Jacob’ by Noble Prize-winning author Olga Tokarczuk, at The Bookworm, Tel Aviv.

Polish president skipped Holocaust memorial despite invitation to speak

Duda to be invited for an official visit to Israel; Rivlin to go to Holocaust memorial ceremony at Auschwitz next week.

Polish President Andrzej Duda

Israeli man convicted of assault for spitting on Polish ambassador

Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court deferred sentencing of Erik Lederman, 65, who under a plea bargain was spared an additional charge of criminal threats against the envoy, Marek Magierowski.

 Polish Ambassador to Israel Marek Magierowski