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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 president denies saying Israel is responsible for antisemitism

"President Duda never said that 'Israel is responsible for recent antisemitic attacks in Poland," his spokesperson said.

Yaakov Katz, of The Jerusalem Post, sits down to interview Polish President Andrzej Duda

Polish Holocaust survivor calls Israel Katz a ‘stupid idiot’

Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg and granddaughter light a memorial torch at the Yom Hashoah ceremony in Auschwitz-Birkenau on the March of the Living.

Israeli charged with assault for spitting on Polish ambassador

 Polish Ambassador to Israel Marek Magierowski

Poland cancels visit by Israeli officials to discuss property restitution

The ruling Law and Justice Party views Poland as a victim of World War II, and that therefore Poland should not be required to pay damages to other victims.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki reacts after receiving his nomination during a government swearing-in ceremony in Warsaw, Poland, December 11, 2017.

Polish faction to submit bill to prevent WWII property reparations

The Kukiz 15 faction plans to submit a bill interpreted as preventing Jews from claiming reparations for property lost in the Holocaust.

Pawel Kukiz of Kukiz '15 party addressess supporters after the exit poll results are announced in Warsaw, Poland October 25, 2015.

The Polish-Israeli crisis: Mixing history and diplomacy

Diplomacy should be left to diplomats.

Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich talks with Warsaw bishop Kazimierz Nycz (L) as he sits near Israel Ambassador to Poland David Peleg during the laying of the cornerstone for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw June 26, 2007.

The clash of the prime ministers

This collective memory constitutes Jews as the ultimate victims, whereas “the Poles” are a nation of collaborators. But history is always more complex than such simplistic characterizations.

Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in New York on September 26, 2018.

Polish PM: Poland is devoted to friendship with Jewish nation

Morawiecki spoke of the “Polish people’s true devotion to the friendship with the Jewish nation.”

Poland's former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

Anatomy of a crisis: How Israel-Polish relations collapsed

A day-by-day account of how a crisis that started with a mistaken quote unraveled Israeli-Polish ties.

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

Warsaw to attend Visegrad summit as crisis dies down

Netanyahu’s remarks on Polish role in Shoah clarified

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