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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.

AUGUST 9, 2025|ByMICHAEL FREUND

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

In August 2021, Israel recalled its ambassador to Poland after Warsaw passed a law limiting claims on Holocaust-era property, most of which belonged to Jews.

JULY 21, 2025|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

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'

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.

APRIL 12, 2025|ByELDAD BECK

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

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

Leadership from Poland has previously stated that should Netanyahu enter the country, they would enforce the warrant.

JANUARY 9, 2025|ByJOANIE MARGULIES, AMICHAI STEIN

Zoabi: Polish denial of Holocaust role shouldn't surprise Israelis

"He who denies his responsibility for war crimes that he himself perpetrates against the Palestinians should not be surprised by others," Zoabi said.

JANUARY 28, 2018ByBEN LYNFIELD

Polish president receives menorah with Jerusalem engraving

The Polish President hosted an annual Hanukka celebration at his palace.

DECEMBER 17, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE

Chabad emissary Rabbi Szalom Ber Stambler presents Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda with a menorah at a Hanukka event at the palace.

Krakow opens first kosher hotel post-Holocaust

The 38-room hotel has an in-house synagogue and elevators programmed for use on Shabbat.

DECEMBER 16, 2017ByJTA

General view of Sukiennice Cloth Hall in the Main Market Square in Krakow, southern Poland

'Two Gun' Cohen

How a Chinese general helped create the Jewish state

NOVEMBER 29, 2017ByCYRIL SHERER

Polish villagers hold Jewish wedding without Jews

Elsewhere in Europe, Jewish- themed festivals are more common , bringing together hundreds of participants.

AUGUST 12, 2017ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

Polish Jewish leader says community at a ‘low point’ due to antisemitism

In recent weeks, two staff members of an Israeli soccer club were slightly injured in Poland after being attacked by masked hooligans, in what the Israeli Embassy said was an “antisemitic" incident.

AUGUST 11, 2017ByJTA

Flag of Poland, variant polish coat of arms.

Poland to buy Israeli-made Patriot missiles

The deal with US defense contractor Raytheon, which would see Poland buy eight Patriot missile defense systems, is expected to be finalized in November of this year.

JULY 10, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM