Israel and Poland inch nearer to bridging WW2 restitution rift — RT World Information
After a interval of degraded diplomatic relations, the Israeli ambassador has submitted his credentials to the Polish president
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has confirmed that Israeli Ambassador Yacov Livne submitted his credentials on Tuesday. The transfer comes virtually a yr for the reason that heads of the diplomatic missions of the 2 nations had been recalled over Poland’s controversial regulation on restitutions, which denied Jews compensation for property taken from them throughout World Struggle II.
Duda’s Israeli counterpart, President Isaac Herzog, referred to as the return of the ambassador “an essential first step to advancing Israeli-Polish relations” and mentioned he hoped to reciprocate by receiving the credentials of Poland’s new envoy quickly.
Final week, Duda and Herzog held direct talks on the state of affairs. The Polish chief introduced the upcoming restoration of ambassadorial ties after the assembly.
Thanks President @AndrzejDuda for receiving Ambassador @YacovLivne‘s credentials: an essential first step to advancing Israeli-Polish relations. I hope to obtain the letters of credence of the brand new Polish ambassador in Israel quickly.🇮🇱🇵🇱 https://t.co/d7ZI9q7PWv
— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) July 12, 2022
Duda’s international relations adviser Jakub Kumoch commented on the progress on Tuesday, stressing that it didn’t quantity to turning the web page on the dispute between the 2 nations, since Israel nonetheless had issues with the regulation that prompted the rift. Moderately, the 2 presidents “see an opportunity for regular relations” he mentioned, including that he hoped “that this time we are going to all have the ability to make the most of this chance.”
Tensions between the 2 nations had escalated over a number of years, culminating within the recalling of envoys in August 2021. The set off was a Polish regulation that restricted the power of Jews to hunt restitution for property seized from them throughout the Nazi German occupation of Poland and never subsequently returned after the conflict.
On the time, the Israeli authorities referred to as the laws “anti-Semitic and immoral.” Polish officers branded the criticism as being symptomatic of “an elevated hatred of Poland and Poles” in Israel.
