‘Morawiecki’s contention that providing restitution to Jews for their stolen property would be ‘Hitler’s posthumous victory’ is alarming in the extreme.’
The Palestinians on Monday called on Arab nations to boycott or downgrade their representation at a Mideast summit co-hosted by the United States, as President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Saudi Arabia discuss ‘the dangers facing the Palestinian cause.’
A photo was taken of a girl holding an Israeli flag outside of the entrance to Auschwitz. Facebook flagged it as “insensitive” but has since apologized.
Poland is promoting a bill that dissociates the country from the Holocaust. We must demand that Poland face its dark past and recognize its complacency in the Holocaust.
Poland is trying to hide its culpability in the deaths of thousands of Jews during World War II as Princeton professor Jan Tomasz Gross faces up to three years in prison over his claim that more Jews than Germans were killed by Poles.
Hundreds of Islamic terrorists are already in Europe and the attacks in Paris and Brussels were only the tip of a massive iceberg, Moshe Ya’alon warned Europe.
Princeton professor Jan Tomasz Gross said Poland’s new stance on dissociating itself from the Holocaust is “a step back to the dark ages of anti-Semitism,” while he decried other anti-democratic policies adopted by the new Polish government.
Liberal Poles accept the overwhelming evidence of Polish guilt in the Jedwabne massacre and have supported public apologies for it. But other Poles argue that the Germans inspired the massacre and armed the local thugs — and that Polish society should not be saddled with the blame.
Organized by Christian groups, several hundred people marched in Poland in support of the Jewish state and against anti-Semitism. It was the largest pro-Israel demonstration the Israeli ambassador has ever seen.
The Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based Jewish rights group, has called on Poland's new prime minister to reconsider the appointment of the country's new defense minister unless he publicly recants an anti-Jewish remark from 13 years ago.
Museum staff at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp in Poland placed mist showers at the entrance in an attempt to alleviate visitors' discomfort from the summer heat, but their goodwill was perceived by some as offensive.
The city of Olkusz in southern Poland has decided to set up security at its Jewish cemetery and build a high wall around the site following vandalism and anti-Semitic graffiti that defaced headstones.
A photo was taken of a girl holding an Israeli flag outside of the entrance to Auschwitz. Facebook flagged it as "insensitive" but has since apologized.
The relationship between Poland and Israel is unusual in that it is not defined only by economic and military agreements, but also by cultural and personal ties.
The world collectively paused to honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but shocking questions over the relevance of the Holocaust today make the challenge of spreading awareness even more important.