Posts Tagged: poland holocaust law
Polish Diplomat Fired After Calling Country’s Holocaust Speech Law ‘Stupid’
JNS.org - A Polish diplomat has reportedly been fired after calling his own government’s laws regarding speech centered around the Holocaust “stupid.” Jaroslaw Nowak, the plenipotentiary...
Poland’s Troubling Legislation, and the United States’ Unwavering Commitment to Holocaust Era Justice
On Saturday, August 14, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a new bill into law that seeks to make it virtually impossible for all former Polish...
Israel Must Remain Vigilant in Its Relations With Poland
In view of Poland’s historical treatment of Jews, Israel must remain ever-vigilant that there be no falsification of history as Polish-Israeli relations develop. There is...
Polish Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Urges State Ban on Acting Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz
The ultranationalist deputy speaker of the Polish parliament has called for Israel's acting foreign minister to be barred from entering the country, following his comment that...
Poland Pulls Out of Israel Summit in Row Over Holocaust
Poland pulled out of a planned summit in Israel on Monday, its prime minister said, after Israel's acting foreign minister said "many Poles" had collaborated with the Nazis...
Polish PM Cancels Trip to Israel in Wake of Netanyahu’s Holocaust Comments
Poland's prime minister has canceled a trip to Israel in the wake of reported remarks made by Israel's prime minister suggesting Polish complicity during the Holocaust, an aide...
Warsaw Summons Israeli Ambassador to Clarify Netanyahu Comments on Poles in Holocaust
Poland summoned Israel's ambassador on Friday and threatened to scupper a Jerusalem diplomatic summit after reported comments in which Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to accuse the Polish...
Poland’s History Hangs Heavy; So Does Its Present
“The past is never dead. It isn’t even past,” William Faulkner famously wrote. While Faulkner was writing of his native Mississippi, he could have been...
Facing Polish Holocaust Law Backlash, PM Vows to ‘Speak Up’
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed on Sunday the ongoing controversy over his joint statement with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki last week on an amendment to...
Yad Vashem Criticizes Israeli-Polish Statement on Holocaust Law
Israel's main Holocaust memorial criticized as historically inaccurate on Thursday a joint statement by the Israeli and Polish prime ministers aimed at ending a dispute over...
Israeli, Polish Presidents March Together at Auschwitz on Yom HaShoah
The presidents of Poland and Israel marched together at the Auschwitz concentration camp on Thursday, putting aside their differences over a new law that makes it a...
The Reaction to the Polish Holocaust Law Forgets the Reason Israel Exists
The intensity of the reaction in Israel to the “Polish death camps law,” which forbids accusing the Polish people of any sort of involvement in...
The World Confronts Poland’s Holocaust Revisionism
The Polish Holocaust law has elicited international reactions that -- by now -- have arguably become more interesting than the law itself. In fact, the resulting publicity...
Poland Denies Reports of US Ban on High-Level Meetings With Polish Officials
Poland denied on Tuesday media reports alleging that the United States had banned high-level meetings with Polish officials in protest over a new law on the Holocaust that...
