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“Critics say the joint Polish-Israeli agreement downplays the role of many Poles who willingly cooperated with the Nazis”

ARUTZ SHEVA Bennett: Joint statement with Poland a disgrace by Shlomo Pyutrikovsky July 7, 2018 Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday referred to the joint statement by the prime minister and Polish prime minister about the Polish role the Holocaust…Bennett noted, “The … Continue reading

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Now “defanged” Polish law had “driven a wedge between Israel and Poland, setting back years of hard work to repair bitter feelings”

NEW YORK TIMES Poland’s Holocaust Law Weakened After ‘Storm and Consternation’ by Marc Santora June 27, 2018 Just a few months after making it illegal to accuse the Polish nation of complicity in the Holocaust, Poland backpedaled on Wednesday, moving … Continue reading

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“The murder of Jews, in Israel or Europe, somehow has nothing to do with the Holocaust”

SULTAN KNISH The Betrayal of the Holocaust by Daniel Greenfield April 12, 2018 …Millions of dollars have been spent building memorials to the victims of the Holocaust, even as Iran is spending its millions on building another kind of memorial … Continue reading

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Would Poland arrest me for posting this story?

JERUSALEM POST 1946 U.S. document reveals Poles treated Jews as badly as Germans did by Tamara Zieve March 1, 2018 A declassified US State Department report from 1946 documented the abhorrent treatment of Poland’s Jews before, during and after World … Continue reading

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Polish Justice minister:”Controversial legislation won’t be implemented at this stage”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Poland freezes Holocaust law, is sending team to Israel to reword it by Agencies and Raphael Ahren February 24, 2018 Poland will not implement its controversial new Holocaust law for the time being, and an official Polish … Continue reading

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“Was there anything Polish about Nazi death camps in Poland?”

FRONT PAGE MAG Poland’s Attempt to Deny History by Joseph Puder February 5, 2018 Whether by coincidence or intentionally, the Polish Parliament in Warsaw decided to use the week of the Annual International Holocaust Commemoration to act on a draft … Continue reading

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Poland: “The bill would impose prison sentences of up to three years for mentioning the term “Polish death camps” and for suggesting “publicly and against the facts” complicity on the part of the Polish nation or state in Nazi Germany crimes”

REUTERS Pressure mounts on Poland to back away from Holocaust bill by Lidia Kelly and Anna Wlodarczak February 3, 2018 Poland is seeing a resurgence of anti-Semitism over pending legislation that would impose jail terms for suggestions that the nation … Continue reading

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Polish government to agency: Dial back your Jewy-ness

ARTNET NEWS Director of Polish Culture Institute in Berlin Fired for ‘Too Much Jewish Content’ by Hili Perlson December 5, 2016 The cultural manager and director of the Polish culture institute in Berlin, Katarzyna Wielga-Skolimowska, was fired this past Tuesday … Continue reading

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“My visit to Europe made one thing unmistakably clear: if there is any group in the world that needs a safe homeland — a sanctuary from bigotry and hatred — it is the Jewish people”

GATESTONE A Visit to the Old and New Hells of Europe Provides a Reminder of Israel’s Importance by Alan M. Dershowitz May 17, 2016 …There was not a moment during my visit to Europe that I was not reminded of … Continue reading

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New poll finds pro-Jewish attitudes up in Europe

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Gedalyah Reback June 5, 2015 Amid rise in anti-Semitic crimes, marked increase in pro-Jewish sentiment in six surveyed countries A new study by the Pew Research Group found a rise in positive attitudes to Jews in … Continue reading

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