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Israel has 'no right' to interfere in Polish legislation: opinion

theNews.pl
02.02.2018 12:05

Israel has no right to interfere in Poland's legislative process, the founder of a Jewish cultural organisation has told dziennik.pl, while adding that he is grateful that Israel has drawn international attention to the fact that there were no “Polish death camps”.

Severyn Ashkenazy, a Polish-American Jew and the founder of the Beit Warszawa Jewish Cultural Association, was interviewed by the Polish news portal amid tensions between Poland and Israel over a bill passed through Polish parliament to penalise the use of the phrase “Polish death camps” in reference to Nazi German extermination camps in occupied Poland.

The proposed law could mean a jail term for anyone who accuses the Polish nation of being complicit in Nazi German crimes during World War II.

Ashkenazy told dziennik.pl that he congratulated Poland for the bill, which was passed in the lower house last week and drew fierce criticism from Israel.

“Israel has no right to interfere in the legislative powers of the Polish government … But we should be grateful to Israel for [its] protest, because, thanks to it, it will finally get into many heads that there were no 'Polish death camps', only German, Nazi” ones, Ashkenazy was quoted by the portal as saying.

“The more Israel and others protest, the better the world will know that Germans are responsible for the Holocaust … not the Polish nation,” he said, according to dziennik.pl.

“The Polish government has done in seven days what Poland's diplomats failed to achieve in 70 years,” he said, adding that former US President Barack Obama's use of the misleading phrase in 2012 was “an embarrassment to Polish diplomacy”.

Poland has long fought the use of the phrase “Polish death camps”, which have appeared in foreign media in relation to Nazi German-run extermination camps located in occupied Polish territory during World War II.

But commentators have said that Israel is concerned that the planned new law could mean penalties for anyone who criticises any individual Pole's role in the Holocaust.

Critics said Poland was trying to censor researchers and limit freedom of speech. Polish politicians have denied such accusations, pointing out that artists and researchers would be exempt from penalties.

Israeli ambassador to Poland Anna Azari has said that her country rejected the bill, adding that: "In Israel, this bill is seen as creating a possibility of punishment for Holocaust survivors' testimony".

Ashkenazy told dziennik.pl that there were “incidents” of antisemitism in Poland, but that the country was not anti-semitic, while Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday said the Polish bill aimed to fight Holocaust denial, which he defined as “not only the denial of German crimes” but also lying about history, including minimising the responsibility of perpetrators and assigning blame to their victims.

Morawiecki said: “We understand emotions in Israel. A lot of work is needed for us to be able to tell, together, our shared and often complicated history”.

A working group for “historic truth and Israeli dialogue” was called on Thursday, after Morawiecki and his Israeli counterpart earlier agreed to hold bilateral dialogue.

GermanDeathCamps.info, a new educational website aimed at debunking misconceptions about Poland’s role in the Holocaust, has been launched by Polish Radio.

The Polish bill was passed in the Senate on Thursday and needs to be signed by President Andrzej Duda before it enters into law. (vb/pk)

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I would have given east germany to Poland, really giving those whiners something to bitch about

German Officials Keeps Tight Grip On Their 16 Thousand Revisionist “Reich Citizens”

Vesti News
Jan 21, 2018



15,600 people, according to the German magazine Focus. That's how many so-called Reich Citizens live in Germany, as of this month. The Reich Citizens think that Germany's borders have been, so to say, downsized.

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Didn't know about this..

Alt-Left Extremists Vandalise Monument to Polish King Who Broke Turkish Siege of Vienna.

Breitbart
by CHRIS TOMLINSON12 Sep 2017126



Far-left extremists vandalised a monument to former Polish King Jan III Sobieski who broke the Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683 ahead of an event put on by the hipster-right Identitarian movement to celebrate the anniversary of the battle.

The left-extremists wrote “no nazi!” and crossed out the date, ’12th of September 1683′, on the monument to the Polish King who, along with his elite troops, the Hussars, broke the Turkish siege of Vienna.

The defacement has provoked outrage amongst many and the Polish Foreign Ministry has said they are looking into the incident, Polish broadcaster RFM24 reports.

The police in Vienna say they arrested two individuals on Saturday they believe to be connected with the graffiti as well as several other incidents of vandalism on the same day. The pair, a 24-year-old and a 27-year-old, were said to be in possession of around 17 spray paint canisters and could be responsible for as many as 10 instances of vandalism in the area.

The monument itself is incomplete as the base is the only part which has been built. On top of the base sits a sign which shows the future monument of Jan III Sobieski on a horse which is slated to be built in the coming years.

The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement Sunday saying: “The inscriptions from the painted boards and plinth of the future monument of Jan III Sobieski in Kahlenberg in Vienna have already been partially removed.”

The vandalism is largely seen as a reaction to the hipster-right Identitarian youth movement who held an event in the vicinity which, according to police, passed without incident. Around 200 members and supporters of the anti-mass migration movement attended the event which featured speeches from the group’s leader Martin Sellner and others.

Far-left crimes are on the rise in Austria and in neighbouring Germany where earlier this year thousands of black-clad masked extremists wrecked havoc in Hamburg injuring hundreds of police officers.

Since the Hamburg G20 riots, the German government has sought to crack down on far-left extremism and shut down the largest German-language website for the far left. In the U.S. the group, commonly known as Antifa, have had their actions designated as “domestic terrorism”.

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Poland: Polish nationalists rally against Ukraine in Warsaw.

Ruptly
Mar 19, 2018



A number of Polish nationalist organisations staged a protest in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Warsaw on Monday, demanding from the Polish authorities to change their policy towards Kiev, namely to adopt a firmer position.

SOT, Pawel Mazur, member of National Movement party (Polish): "These were the men who gave death sentences to Polish people. These were those who called for murdering Polish children, for murdering and raping Polish women, for murdering Polish farmers."

SOT, Robert Winnicki, Polish MP of National Movement party (Polish): "We hope that for such cult of UPA and Bandera the Polish government will not allow and any manifestations of nationalism in Poland will be pursued, tracked, and these people will be put to jails. The government should clearly, clearly and decisively react to all cases of anti-Polish speeches in Ukraine."

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   ~ Poland abortion: Protests against bill imposing new limits ~

    23 March 2018 Europe



Thousands of people have taken to streets across Poland against plans to further tighten the abortion laws, already among Europe's strictest.

A bill in parliament seeks to ban abortions in cases of foetal abnormality - one of the few exceptions allowed under the current law.

Anti-abortion groups say many terminations involve foetuses diagnosed with Down's Syndrome.

Pro-choice groups say more women will be forced into illegal terminations.

The "Black Friday" protests against the bill are being held in the capital Warsaw and other cities.
What is the law in Poland now?

Abortion is already mostly banned. The only exceptions are for severe and irreversible damage to the foetus, a serious threat to the mother's health, or when pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.

Estimates say there are already far more illegal abortions than legal ones in Poland - between 10,000 and 150,000, compared with about 1,000 or 2,000 legal terminations.

Access to contraception is also tight in this staunchly Catholic nation - the only over-the-counter contraception available is the condom.
Who opposes the change?

Opposition parties and pro-choice campaigners who say women's health and lives will be put at risk.

"This bill would further hinder women, particularly those from low-income and rural communities, from accessing safe abortion care," a letter from more than 200 groups said.

The Council of Europe - Europe's main human rights watchdog - has warned that the bill runs counter to Poland's human rights commitments and urged lawmakers to reject it.

"Preventing women from accessing safe and legal abortion care jeopardises their human rights," the council's human rights commissioner Nils Muiznieks said.


    ~ Who supports the change? ~

It is a citizens' initiative, led by one group called Stop Abortion, which says an estimated 1,046 abortions, or 96% of all terminations carried out in the country in 2016, were on foetuses showing abnormalities, many of them diagnosed with Down's Syndrome.

"This isn't just a text. This law concerns the lives of three human beings every day," the group's Kaja Godek said.

President Andrzej Duda, who is close to the Catholic Church, vowed to sign the controversial bill into law if approved by parliament, where the conservatives have a majority.

The proposal was approved by parliament's justice and human rights commission, but still needs to be studied by another commission before being sent to MPs for a vote, AFP news agency reports.
Image copyright AFP Poland's President Andrzej Duda gestures as he gives a press conference on 17 February
Image caption President Andrzej Duda has vowed to sign the bill into law if parliament approves it

The proposed changes are less restrictive than those discussed in 2016, that would have led to a complete ban - the only exception would have been when the mother's life was in danger.

The plan was scrapped after tens of thousands of people dressed in black - most of them women - protested across the country.


   ~ What is the picture of abortion across Europe? ~

European countries are among the world's most pro-choice when it comes to abortion, but there are some exceptions:

• Malta and Vatican City are among six countries worldwide where abortion is banned outright under law
  
• There are severe restrictions in Northern Ireland (where the law differs from the rest of the UK), San Marino, Liechtenstein and Andorra
• In Ireland, a referendum will be held in May on whether to reform the country's near-total ban - abortion is only allowed when a woman's life is at risk

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Sad; it seems these women would have no problem with euthanising disabled people then? The only difference is that they have been born. "My body, my choice" is one of the stupidest arguements they could choose to use; does the unborn baby not have such rights too?

Such is the consequences of "liberalism." Stupid women having pre-martial sex and being left with the consequences. They should not be allowed to escape the responsibilities of raising a child through an act as vile as abortion. There is a reason the Sixth Commandment exists; to punish degeneracy.

Hopefully counter-protests in support of the government will be held.

Read my blog post anaylysis here.

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    Poland cracks down on ‘Russian hybrid war’ campaign
    17.05.2018 14:42
    Polish security services say they have detained a Russian citizen and banned four people from entering the country after cracking down on a network waging a “hybrid     and information war” masterminded by Moscow.

A security services spokesman warned on Thursday that Russia was trying to destabilise Polish society and politics.

The Russian citizen, a woman, was detained by Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW), said Stanisław Żaryn, a spokesman for the country's security services chief, as quoted by public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency.

The woman, named only as “Yekaterina C.,” has been living in Poland since 2013, according to IAR. She will be expelled from the country soon, IAR added.

In addition, four other individuals have been handed a five-year ban on entering Poland, according to IAR.

Żaryn said that Poland’s Internal Security Agency had in recent weeks “neutralised the activity of two networks involved in the Russian hybrid and information war carried out against the Republic of Poland.”

    ‘Russian narrative’

He added that the suspects took part in "fueling Polish-Ukrainian animosities in the social and political arenas and questioning and undermining Polish policy [over historical issues] and replacing it with a Russian narrative."

Żaryn added that the Internal Security Agency had obtained information indicating that Russia was “not only inspiring Polish citizens to take specific actions against Poland and in the interests of Russia, but also financing their activities.”

    'Financed by Moscow'

Żaryn warned that Russia aimed to destabilise Poland.

"It is important to ... sensitise society in our country to treat pro-Russian initiatives in Poland with great caution,” he said.

Russia wants “to create the impression that such initiatives are spontaneous and independent social movements, while in fact they are often inspired, coordinated and financed by Russia, and their goal is to destabilise the socio-political situation in our country," he added.

www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/363985,UPDATE-Poland-cracks-down-on-%E2%80%98Russian-hybrid-war%E2%80%99-campaign

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I personally always wonder just what they mean by "destabilise." It is the same label used in the USA as a tactic used to discredit "conservative" or "right-wing" thinking, making anything outside (((their))) controlled narratives appear to be nothing more than foreign interference. Is "fuelling Polish-Ukrainian animosities in the social and political arenas and questioning and undermining Polish policy [over historical issues] and replacing it with a Russian narrative" something that needs foreign interference to inflame? Individual actions (vandalism of Polish cemeteries) are enough to do that. What is this "Russian narrative" on Polish-Ukrainian historical issues? That there is some bad blood between us? Yeah no shit. That isn't foreign interference, it's simply expressing a fact.

"Żaryn added that the Internal Security Agency had obtained information indicating that Russia was “not only inspiring Polish citizens to take specific actions against Poland and in the interests of Russia, but also financing their activities.”" This is perhaps the only concerning part, but there isn’t any fucking specifics. What exactly were these "specific actions against Poland and in the interests of Russia" supposed to be? Speaking out against Ukrainians vandalising Polish cemeteries? If it was that, what is the problem??? It is hard for me to fathom what a Russian could convince Polish people to do that would undermine their own government over Polish-Ukrainian relations. Kill government officials that don't condemn acts of vandalism? Yeah right, no one would buy that! The only thing that they might be able to convince them to do is plan terrorist attacks on Ukrainian migrants, but that isn't an action against Poland, is it? If it were something that serious, we would know.

I find it really hard to believe intelligence reports these days. They seem to be full of shit. Regardless, we should all simply support brotherhood and national pride across Slavic nations. A Russian supporting Polish national pride? Now that is some foreign "interference" I could get behind!

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LIVE: Nationalists march in Warsaw on centennial of Polish Independence Day.

Ruptly
Streamed live on Nov 11, 2018



Nationalist demonstrators are marching through the streets of Warsaw on Sunday, November 11, as Poland celebrates its Independence Day.

Running since 2008, the march is organised by far-right groups such as the National Radical Camp and the National Movement. More than 60,000 people participated in 2017.

The rally celebrates the centennial of Poland's independence, set free after more than a century of partitions by Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia.

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Independence March Warsaw, Poland 2018.

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*Due to a privacy claim the original video has been taken off but we are working with Youtube to get it back up despite many "technical" issues on their end.*

Poland's Independence Day march attracted some 200,000 + people this year. Contrary to leftist media claims, this march is (and always has been) a peaceful patriotic celebration.

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Polish people are strongly positive about 2018.

VoE
By LAURA CAT 30 December 2018

A survey by pollster CBOS reveals that only 10 per cent of Poles considered 2018 negative for them, personally.

With 69 per cent describing 2018 of being a good year for themselves. Six per cent felt the year has been bad for their families.

The result of the poll taken between 29 November to 9 December shows 2018 having the best feeling of an outgoing year since 1989, CBOS said.

The survey also shows that 50 per cent of respondents believe that 2018 was a good year for Poland, only 16 per cent felt the opposite with 30 per cent neutral and the rest not having an opinion.

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Good, good, antifa should be declared illegal in all of eastern europe, it is high treason to be part of them

Poland: Police remove antifa protesters at nationalist 'Cursed Soldiers' march.

Ruptly
Mar 1, 2019



Warsaw police on Friday forcibly removed anti-fascist activists who had engaged in a sit-down protest condemning a nationalist march in commemoration of Poland's post-World War II anti-communist fighters, known as the 'Cursed Soldiers'.

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Poland’s far-right holds torchlight procession, decries ‘gender ideologies’ (VIDEO)

RT.com
31 Mar, 2019 14:22

Polish far-right activists marched with flares and torches, promoting Christian values and denouncing the growing popularity of left-wing agendas within the nation.

Around 1,500 nationalists participated in the torchlight procession near Czestochowa in southern Poland on Saturday.

The vigil marked the conclusion of a daylong ‘pilgrimage’ of far-right and traditionalist groups, such as the National Radical Camp (ONR) and the All-Polish Youth, conducted at the site of the local monastery.

The event was endorsed by a popular Catholic radio station, Radio Maryja.

The spokesperson for the All-Polish Youth, Mateusz Marzoch, said the gathering was especially important, as Polish society is becoming “very much changed by the left-wing circles, mainly through gender ideologies.”

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Poland moves to exempt young workers from income tax.

05/07/2019 - 09:01
Warsaw (AFP)

Polish lawmakers have approved a measure that would exonerate most workers under the age of 26 from income taxes as the country seeks to stem the flow of its young people to other EU nations in search of better paying jobs.

The lower house of parliament approved the measure introduced by the ruling conservatives in a vote late Thursday by an overwhelming majority.

The bill would exonerate workers under the age of 26 from Poland's 18 percent personal income tax for those whose gross earnings don't surpass 85,500 zlotys (20,000 euros, $22,500) per year.

That level is higher than Poland's average income, estimated to be around 60,000 zlotys per year before tax.

The approval of the measure by the upper house of parliament and its signature by the president is widely expected.

Some two million people could benefit from the measure, according to supporters of the legislation, which should enter into force from August 1.

Poland has long been haemorrhaging skilled workers to other EU states where they can find better paying jobs, posing both a long-term demographic risk and short-term problem finding enough labourers to continue the country's streak of economic growth since the fall of communism in 1989.

The measure was one of the campaign promises made by the ruling Law and Justice party ahead of the European parliamentary elections in May, which it won, and legislative elections scheduled for later this year.

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Nationalists march in Warsaw on Polish Independence Day.

RT
Nov 11, 2019



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The Polish Independence Day March 2019.

The Thinkery
Nov 14, 2019



In case you missed it.

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Poland thanks Netflix over promised change to disputed series.

theNews.pl
15.11.2019 12:30

The Polish foreign ministry has thanked Netflix after the streaming service promised to modify its new documentary series about a Nazi death camp guard in World War II-era German-occupied Poland.

In response to criticism from Warsaw that a map featured in the recently released series showed Nazi German death camps within the borders of present-day Poland and could imply that the country shared responsibility for the atrocities committed there during the war, Netflix said in a Twitter post on Thursday that it stood by the filmmakers of The Devil Next Door series.

It added, however, that the some of the maps featured in the series would be provided with text to make it clearer that WWII-era death camps were built and run by the Nazi Germans, who occupied Poland at the time.

The Polish foreign ministry thanked the video provider in a Twitter message.

It said: “Thank you for your reaction! We appreciate that Netflix raises difficult and important topics. We are sure that historical accuracy will be essential in your future productions.”

Netflix said in its tweet on Thursday: “We stand by the filmmakers of The Devil Next Door, their research and their work.”

It added: “In order to provide more information to our members about the important issues raised in this documentary and to avoid any misunderstanding, in the coming days we will be adding text to some of the maps featured in the series. This will make it clearer that the extermination and concentration camps in Poland were built and operated by the German Nazi regime who invaded the country and occupied it from 1939-1945.”

The response from Netflix came after Poland’s prime minister several days ago urged it to make changes to a map shown in The Devil Next Door, saying the image was historically inaccurate and misled viewers about Poland’s role in World War II.

In a letter dated November 10 and sent to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the map depicted in the series “falsely placed several German Nazi concentration camps within modern-day Poland’s borders.”

“There is no comment or any explanation whatsoever that these sites were German-operated,” Morawiecki said in his letter.

He added: “Not only is the map incorrect, but it deceives viewers into believing that Poland was responsible for establishing and maintaining these camps, and for committing the crimes therein.”

Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller told public broadcaster Polish Radio on Friday that Morawiecki’s “quick reaction in the face of historical falsehoods in the Netflix series proved to be a good and effective step.”

The Devil Next Door tells the story of John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian who died in Germany in 2012 at the age of 91, after decades-long efforts by prosecutors in multiple countries to prove that he was involved in Nazi crimes as a sadistic death camp guard known as “Ivan the Terrible.”

Meanwhile, an article posted on the polskieradio24.pl website slammed Netflix for “errors and lies” in more than one production.

A Netflix documentary entitled The Accountant of Auschwitz also failed to mention that Poland did not exist as an independent state during World War II and that death camps were set up and controlled by the Germans who occupied Poland at the time, the polskieradio24.pl website has reported.

The use of historically inaccurate terms by some international media and organisations has sparked numerous complaints from Poland in recent years, prompting some news agencies to change their style guidelines and eliminate misnomers such as "Polish" death camps.

Polish Radio last year launched a special educational website aimed at debunking misconceptions about Poland’s role in the Holocaust, at GermanDeathCamps.info.

(gs/pk)

Source: IAR

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Poland’s Duda leads in 1st round of presidential election.

RT.com
29 Jun, 2020 10:32

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda came top in the first round of the presidential election, it was revealed on Monday. He fell short of the overall majority needed to avoid what looks set to be a tight run-off vote on July 12, Reuters reports.

Duda, an ally of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, received 43.7 percent of the vote with 99.78 percent of ballots counted.

Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who is standing for the largest opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform (PO), came second with 30.3 percent, officials say.

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Incumbent Andrzej Duda on course for 2nd term with narrow victory in Poland’s runoff presidential vote.

RT.com
13 Jul, 2020 07:04

Polish President Andrzej Duda is leading the polls by a slim margin with the nationwide vote count nearly over. The election commission has said the final tally will not change significantly.

Duda, an ally of the ruling right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, got 51.2 percent of the vote, the National Electoral Commission announced after counting nearly 99.7 percent of the ballots.

Local media quoted Commission Chairman Sylwester Marciniak as saying that the official results will not change significantly as the count is being finalized. This means that Duda is likely to be re-elected for a second term in office.

Duda's opponent, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the candidate from the center-right Civic Platform (PO), got 48.8 percent of the vote.

Duda, 48, ran as a champion of conservative family values, promising to maintain and expand generous welfare programs introduced by the PiS-led government. Under Duda, Poland remained a strong supporter of the EU and NATO, maintaining close ties with the US.

However, relations with the European Commission have been strained in recent years as Brussels was highly critical of the Polish government's reforms of the judiciary and state-run media. EU officials have also criticized Warsaw for its stance on LGBT rights and abortion.