Eisenhower’s great-grandson to join Holocaust march in Poland Merrill Eisenhower will join Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Polish President Andrzej Duda alongside 80 Holocaust survivors, some of whom were liberated by U.S. and Allied forces led by his great grandfather. JNS Staff March 26, 2025
Poland: Netanyahu ‘entitled to protection’ against ICC arrest "Poland is a safe country and any leader visiting Poland is entitled to protection granted by the Ministry of the Interior," Warsaw told JNS. Akiva Van Koningsveld Jan. 9, 2025
Israel and Poland agree to return ambassadors, improve relations Bilateral ties were severely damaged last year after Warsaw passed law effectively preventing restitution to the heirs of property seized by the Nazis. July 4, 2022
Heard again: Cries of ‘Death to the Jews!’ in a Polish city President Andrzej Duda likening the demonstrators’ actions in Kalisz to “treason,” and several members of parliament expressed an almost physical disgust. It’s clear that these far-right nationalists do not speak for the majority of Polish citizens. Ben Cohen Nov. 19, 2021
Israel must preserve its alliance with Eastern Europe That the government deems scuffling with a crucial ally over property claims above the more pressing issue of Iran is indicative of a flawed diplomatic doctrine. Irit Tratt Sept. 13, 2021
Lapid decries passage of Poland’s ‘anti-Semitic’ restitution law, recalls charge d’affaires from Warsaw Poland has become an “anti-democratic, non-liberal country,” says Israel’s foreign minister, after Polish President Andrzej Duda approves legislation restricting claims on property stolen by the Nazis and confiscated by the communists. Aug. 15, 2021
Sens. Rosen, Lankford push Poland on anti-Semitism, Holocaust restitution It is the only European Union member-state that has not adopted a national comprehensive private-property restitution law. Sept. 16, 2020
A Polish-Russian row over commemoration of the Holocaust Ever since the country was liberated from Communist oppression, it has tried to construct a national identity around its status as a victim of both Nazism and the Soviet Union. Melanie Phillips Jan. 23, 2020
Poland and Israel’s loss of diplomatic wisdom If President Reuven Rivlin does not allow his Polish counterpart to speak at the event, the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem next week will be a missed opportunity of strategic proportions. Caroline B. Glick Jan. 19, 2020
