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Diplomatic row between Poland and Israel over death of Polish aid worker in Gaza
Andrzej Duda says comments by Israeli ambassador are ‘outrageous’ and calls him ‘biggest problem for state of Israel in relations with Poland’
Palestinians living in al-Maghazi refugee camp amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following an Israeli attack. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Thu 4 Apr 2024 23.25 AEDT
Diplomatic crisis erupts between Poland and Israel over death of Polish aid worker in Gaza
The Polish president on Thursday denounced a comment by the Israeli ambassador as “outrageous” and the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw said it was summoning him for a meeting.
Israel’s ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, pushed back at what he said were attempts by the “extreme right and left in Poland” to accuse Israel of “intentional murder in the attack.”
He said on social media on Tuesday that “anti-Semites will always remain anti-Semites, and Israel will remain a democratic Jewish state that fights for its right to exist. Also for the good of the entire Western world.”
Polish President Andrzej Duda called the comment “outrageous” and described the ambassador as “the biggest problem for the state of Israel in relations with Poland.”
Duda also said that authorities in Israel have spoken about the tragedy “in a very subdued way,” but added, “Unfortunately, their ambassador to Poland is not able to maintain such delicacy and sensitivity, which is unacceptable.”
36-year-old Damian Soból was among seven people who were killed while delivering food to Palestinians with the charity World Central Kitchen. Soból had been on an aid mission to Gaza for the past six months following work in Ukraine, Morocco and Turkey and had been documenting the charity’s missions on social media in the days before he was killed.
Earlier this week, Polish prosecutors opened a homicide investigation into Soból’s death.
Damian Soból - killed while delivering food to Palestinians with the charity World Central Kitchen
Thu 4 Apr 2024 23.25 AEDT
Diplomatic crisis erupts between Poland and Israel over death of Polish aid worker in Gaza
The Polish president on Thursday denounced a comment by the Israeli ambassador as “outrageous” and the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw said it was summoning him for a meeting.
Israel’s ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, pushed back at what he said were attempts by the “extreme right and left in Poland” to accuse Israel of “intentional murder in the attack.”
He said on social media on Tuesday that “anti-Semites will always remain anti-Semites, and Israel will remain a democratic Jewish state that fights for its right to exist. Also for the good of the entire Western world.”
Polish President Andrzej Duda called the comment “outrageous” and described the ambassador as “the biggest problem for the state of Israel in relations with Poland.”
Duda also said that authorities in Israel have spoken about the tragedy “in a very subdued way,” but added, “Unfortunately, their ambassador to Poland is not able to maintain such delicacy and sensitivity, which is unacceptable.”
36-year-old Damian Soból was among seven people who were killed while delivering food to Palestinians with the charity World Central Kitchen. Soból had been on an aid mission to Gaza for the past six months following work in Ukraine, Morocco and Turkey and had been documenting the charity’s missions on social media in the days before he was killed.
Earlier this week, Polish prosecutors opened a homicide investigation into Soból’s death.
Damian Soból - killed while delivering food to Palestinians with the charity World Central Kitchen
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