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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Israel commemorates opening of first ever embassy in Warsaw
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael marks the 70th anniversary of its first diplomatic outpost as a new nation with a re-enactment of that 1948 event in the same place — Warsaw, Poland.
Israeli Ambassador Anna Azari, flanked by other diplomats, hangs the Israeli flag from a balcony of the historic Bristol Hotel in central Warsaw during a ceremony.
Just as in 1948, a small crowd gathered below applauds and sings the Israeli national anthem.
The modern state of Israel was created in 1948, and many of its early leaders and settlers were Jews from Poland — the European heartland of Polish Jewry before World War II.
The event comes as Poland and Israel work to repair ties following tensions sparked by a controversial Holocaust speech law early this year.
— AP
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