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Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski gives a speech at the parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, April 23, 2025. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
April 20, 2026, 6:40 pm
Polish FM says IDF soldiers ‘admit to war crimes,’ setting up clash with Sa’ar
Israel’s top diplomat says ‘baseless’ accusations from his Warsaw counterpart reveal ‘profound ignorance,’ lauds IDF’s terrorist-to-civilian casualty ratio
By Lazar Berman
Screen captures from video of far-right Polish lawmaker Konrad Berkowicz holding up a paper Israeli flag with a swastika in the Polish parliament, April 14, 2026. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 14, 2026, 9:28 pm
In parliament, Polish MP calls Israel ‘new Third Reich,’ waves Israeli flag with swastika
Far-right Konrad Berkowicz prompts outrage from fellow lawmakers with display, as he accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza; Israel embassy pans ‘antisemitic horror’
By Zev Stub and AFP
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski speaks while meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not pictured, February 26, 2024, at the State Department in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
November 24, 2025, 8:31 pm
Poland summons Israeli envoy over Yad Vashem social media post
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and others fume at lack of explicit clarification in initial post that Poland was German-occupied while Nazi crimes took place
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Maccabi Haifa fans display banner reading "Murderers since 1939" at match against a Polish club in Hungary, August 15, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
August 15, 2025, 5:14 pm
Outrage as Maccabi Haifa fans hold ‘Murderers since 1939’ sign at match vs. Polish club
Poland condemns ‘scandalous’ banner; Israeli embassy calls it ‘shameful’; Polish fans later attack Israeli fan bus; separately, Israel said to fear possible ban for teams over Gaza
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A small Israeli flag on the rail tracks at the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during commemorations to honor the victims of the Holocaust, near the historic gate of Birkenau (Auschwitz II) near the village of Brzezinka near Oswiecim, Poland on April 28, 2022. (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
August 2, 2025, 9:46 am
Auschwitz museum defends barring IDF group from bringing Israeli flags into Birkenau
After local authorities stopped military delegation from carrying flags into site, museum says flags require prior coordination to avoid politicization of the former death camp
By ToI Staff
People visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, February 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
January 13, 2025, 6:08 pm
No politicians, only survivors, to speak at 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Site director says for first time, leaders won’t be invited to speak, preferring to focus on ‘the last survivors that are among us’; sizable Israeli delegation expected to attend
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at a memorial ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp and to honor the victims of the Holocaust, in Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, on International Holocaust Memorial Day. January 27, 2010. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)
December 20, 2024, 9:15 pm
PM reportedly won’t attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary, fearing arrest by Poland
Polish report says Herzog also not expected at ceremony, as deputy FM reiterates Warsaw will execute ICC warrant for Netanyahu if he visits
By ToI Staff
Maciej Hunia, Poland's chief of mission in Israel, speaks to The Times of Israel, October 30, 2024 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
October 31, 2024, 3:44 pm
Poland’s new envoy rejects Gaza genocide claims, says democracies must back Israel
In first interview with Israeli outlet, former spy chief Maciej Hunia says allied nations’ fights over Holocaust history are in the past
By Lazar Berman
Friends and residents gather to place candles and flowers in honor of Damian Soból, a Polish food aid worker who was killed with six other World Central Kitchen workers by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza this week, in Soból's hometown of Przemysl, in southeastern Poland, April 4, 2024. (AP Photo)
April 6, 2024, 12:40 am
Poland summons Israeli envoy to protest aid worker’s death in Gaza strike
Deputy Polish FM says Yacov Livne ‘apologized for this unprecedented event in the history of the civilized world,’ calls for local prosecutor to take part in Israeli investigation
By Vanessa Gera
Yacov Livne. (Foreign Ministry)
April 4, 2024, 4:45 pm
Polish-Israeli tensions deepen over Israeli ambassador’s ‘outrageous’ comment
Yacov Livne claims antisemitism is behind what he called accusations that Israel committed ‘intentional murder in the attack’ on aid workers in Gaza
By Agencies
The victims of an April 1, 2024, IDF strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza (Clockwise from top right): Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, Lalzawmi (Zomi) Frankcom, Damian Soból, Jacob Flickinger, James Kirby, James (Jim) Henderson and John Chapman. (World Central Kitchen/X)
April 3, 2024, 3:00 pm
Poland ups pressure on Israel after losing a citizen in bombing of Gaza aid workers
PM Tusk says ties tested after Netanyahu said such incidents ‘happen in war’; Israeli ambassador calls extremist Poles antisemites for accusing Israel of murder
By Agencies
This combination of pictures created on April 2, 2024 shows US President Joe Biden speaking at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2024 and Spanish chef and founder of the World Central Kitchen charity Jose Andres speaking after receiving an award at the Reconquista Hotel in Oviedo, Spain, on October 22, 2021. (Jim WATSON and ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)
April 2, 2024, 8:19 pm
Biden: Convoy hit isn’t isolated incident, IDF endangering aid workers, civilians
US president calls head of agency that lost 7 staffers to express condolences; UK, Australia, Poland, Canada, who had citizens killed, demand investigation; Gallant vows scrutiny
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
A student on a trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in modern-day Poland on April 27, 2014. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
March 5, 2024, 4:22 pm
High school visits to concentration camps in Poland given go-ahead for summer
The annual trips, a rite of passage for Israeli youth, had been reinstated after a three-year break but then canceled after October 7, at the start of the Israel-Hamas war
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: Israeli high school students on school trips to Poland, where they learn about the Holocaust. (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
November 12, 2023, 9:46 pm
Citing security concerns, ministry halts schools’ Holocaust education trips to Poland
Organized visits to concentration camps, viewed as a rite-of passage for Israeli teens, had recently been renewed after a three-year pause
By Gavriel Fiske
Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski in Tel Aviv, June 6, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
June 9, 2023, 10:53 am
Polish official says don’t compare WWII suffering of Poles, Jews: ‘All were victims’
Poland’s deputy FM Pawel Jablonski, visiting Israel as the two countries look to mend ties, says his compatriots are wrongly painted as perpetrators
By Lazar Berman
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