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"The days of Poles harming Jews without consequence have passed and will not return," Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid said (Photo: Wikipedia)

Israel and Poland expel diplomats in Holocaust dispute

Poland and Israel have all-but severed diplomatic ties after Poland ratified a new law banning Holocaust-era property restitutions.

Israel said on Saturday (14 August) that it was recalling its top diplomat in Poland, chargé d'affaires Tal Ben-Ari Yaalon, for an "indefinite period" and that its new ambassador would not be coming either.

Its foreign minister, Yair Lapid, also said he "recommends that the Polish ambassador to Israel [Marek Magierowski] prolong his vacation in his ...

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"The days of Poles harming Jews without consequence have passed and will not return," Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid said (Photo: Wikipedia)

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