WARSAW (Dispatches) –
Poland’s Foreign Ministry says that the European Union nation will have no ambassador in the Israeli-occupied territories for the time being, bringing the mission level down to that of the occupying regime’s mission in Poland.
The traditionally sensitive bilateral relations soured in the summer after Poland adopted legislation seen as banning claims for restitution of some seized property, including that of Holocaust victims. The Zionist regime protested.
The Polish ministry decided then that its ambassador was not to return to his Tel Aviv post after vacation. He has since been appointed to Washington.
Ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina told The Associated Press that “there are no plans at the moment to propose a new person for the position of ambassador” in Tel Aviv.
Warsaw defends the law, saying it will bolster legal certainty in the property market.
The Holocaust remains a highly sensitive issue among the Poles and has already triggered heated exchanges and diplomatic confrontations between Warsaw and the occupying regime several times in the past.
The occupying regime’s mission to Poland is only at the charge d’affaires level, following earlier tensions, but she was recalled during the summer spat. She is expected to return to Warsaw.