#Polands President Andrzej Duda

[gryficowa]

There are many Muslims living in my country (Maybe they are a minority, but still…), and looking at what Israelis are like (Read: About Zionist pro-genocidal views), I don't want them to be in this country even more (Because if I mentioned, they are going to jail for their crimes)

I don't want my country, which was a fucking victim of colonization, to protect the fucking colonizers

I live in Poland, a country that was a victim of colonization and was left to its own devices because many countries were like "It's not our war, we don't give a damn"

I live in a country where the effects of the Nazis are still visible today, many Poles try to deny that their national identity was erased just as the Nazis wanted

I don't need any more fucking fascists in this country, the fact that fascism has been reborn for many years is disgusting, in my country there were fucking attacks on Polish mosques (And anti-Semitic graffiti, which appeared less and less over time, because they found a new goat in Poland sacrificial, Islamists and LGBT+…)

I don't need any more Islamophobic pieces of shit in this country

I don't need any more bigots, I want my country to finally get the fuck together and face its fucking trauma, instead of unknowingly doing the same thing to those who hurt us many years ago

Due to the fact that Tatars and other Muslims live in my country, I don't want another Islamophobic group to come here, there are already too many people here who believe in Israeli fucking propaganda

You belong in prison, not in a country full of fucking minorities

I'm a fucking Kashubian, you'll probably fucking murder me, you'll kill Tatars, you'll kill Muslims, you'll kill other Jews because your views are anti-minorities and other groups that are not Jews, don't you dare come back to this country because you're fucking dangerous

In my country there are Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians and Roma (Whom you call "Gypsies", although it is offensive, I saw one of you wrote about them, you called these people "The problem that Europe cannot cope with", you are disgusting)

You are the only ones I don't want in my country, you are evil people who should not go unpunished

The fact that my country is accepting you is fucking terrifying, because of the minorities I mentioned, you are a fucking threat to them

I'm already terrified of nationalism in my country, and the fact that people who laugh at children's bodies and write shit on telegrams are still coming here is even more terrifying, I don't want Poland to be associated with protecting fucking Nazis

[suetravelblog]

Exploring Kraków

[niveditaabaidya]

Polish Leaders Met To Provide Support To Ukraine. #poland #eu #europe #b...

[problematic-polls]

one of THOSE european presidents gets to be the president of USA (don't ask me how it works). pick your poison

1Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany)

2Emmanuel Macron (France)

3Sergio Mattarella (Italy)

4Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukraine)

5Andrzej Duda (Poland)

6Klaus Iohannis (Romania)

7Katerina Sakellaropoulou (Greece)

8Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Portugal)

9Petr Pavel (Czech Republic)

10Aleksandar Vučić (Serbia)

11Tamás Sulyok (Hungary)

12Alexander Van der Bellen (Austria)

[zvaigzdelasas]

A diplomatic crisis has erupted between Poland and Israel following the death of a Polish aid worker in Gaza, with the Polish president denouncing a comment by the Israeli ambassador as “outrageous” and the foreign ministry in Warsaw saying it was summoning him for a meeting.

A Polish man, 35-year-old Damian Sobol, was among seven people who were killed while delivering food to besieged Palestinians in Gaza with the charity World Central Kitchen this week.

Israel has called the incident a “mistake” that followed a misidentification, despite the vehicles being clearly marked and the organisation having coordinated with the Israeli military prior to departure.

Amid shock and outrage in Poland over the incident, Israel’s ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, pushed back on Tuesday 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 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 on Thursday called the comment “outrageous” and described the ambassador as “the biggest problem for the state of Israel in relations with Poland”.

Duda said authorities in Israel have spoken about the tragedy “in a very subdued way” but that “unfortunately, their ambassador to Poland is not able to maintain such delicacy and sensitivity, which is unacceptable”.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, though a political opponent of Duda, voiced a similar position and said that the ambassador should apologise for issuing a comment offensive to Poles. He said that Israel should pay compensation to Sobol’s family.[...]

On Wednesday, Tusk also published a comment on social media addressing Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Livne, saying “The vast majority of Poles showed full solidarity with Israel after the attack launched by Hamas on October 7. Today you are putting this solidarity to a really hard test. The tragic attack on volunteers and your reaction arouse understandable anger.”

4 Apr 24

[troythecatfish]

Poland will evacuate citizens from Israel

Poland is preparing to send military planes to evacuate its citizens from Israel, as announced by President Andrzej Duda on Sunday, in anticipation of an Iranian strike on the entity.

Source: Mintpress

[mariacallous]

A group of dozens of Polish American Wisconsinites, including current and former Democratic elected officials, released an open letter Wednesday criticizing former President Donald Trump's comments about Russia's war with Ukraine and backing Vice President Kamala Harris."Earlier this year, Trump said he would encourage Russia to 'do whatever the hell they want' to our NATO allies, and during the debate last week he twice refused to answer a question about whether he wanted Ukraine to win their war," the letter reads. "Polish people in the U.S. and around the world know that our future is tied to Ukraine’s — because after Ukraine, Putin’s next target is Poland."

The letter was signed by more than 60 Polish American Wisconsinites, including Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski, Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza, Oak Creek Mayor Dan Bukiewicz, Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Justin Bielinski and Portage County Board Supervisor Shaun Przybylski.

The letter comes as both Harris and Trump are working to win support from Polish American voters.

During last week's debate, held in Philadelphia, Harris appealed to the 800,000 Polish-Americans who reside in Pennsylvania as she criticized Trump's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and comments about the war in Ukraine.

And this weekend, Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda are scheduled to attend the same event in Pennsylvania.

The Trump campaign responded to questions about the letter by criticizing Harris' foreign policy experience and saying she and President Joe Biden had “emboldened our adversaries" and worsened conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border.

"Kamala Harris is dangerously liberal and there is zero doubt that America will be a more dangerous place if she was our Commander in Chief," Karoline Leavitt, Trump Campaign press secretary, said in a statement.

[beardedmrbean]

Hanukkah candles in Poland’s parliament were lit again on Thursday after a far-right lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put them out earlier in the week in an incident that caused outrage.

On Tuesday, Grzegorz Braun of the Confederation party took a fire extinguisher from a wall in the lobby of the parliament and walked over to the Hanukkah candles, creating a cloud of white powder that forced security guards to rush those present, including children, out of the area.

The candles had been lit as part of an annual celebration of the Jewish holiday.

Afterwards, Braun took to the podium in the chamber, where lawmakers had been debating a policy speech by newly appointed Prime Minister Donald Tusk, describing Hanukkah as “satanic” and saying he was restoring “normality.”

On Thursday, as the candles were relit, onlookers, including President Andrzej Duda and a crowd of lawmakers, including the speakers of the two houses of parliament, Szymon Hołownia and Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, heard that tolerance had won.

“In Polish and Jewish history, we will always light the candles again,” said Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich. “You cannot extinguish us because we stand together.”

Rabbi Sholem Ber Stambler of Chabad House Warsaw said he had seen an “enormous wave of tolerance” over the past two days.

As he sang a Hanukkah song, Ber Stambler then began to light the candles before others joined in.

Parliament speaker Hołownia excluded Braun, who is known for his pro-Russian and anti-European Union views, from the sitting on Tuesday and informed prosecutors about his actions.

Braun will also lose half of his salary for three months and all parliamentary expenses for six months as a punishment.

The Confederation party, which tried to focus mainly on economic issues and criticism of the extent of Poland’s support for Ukraine during its campaign for the October elections, has suspended Braun.

However, the party’s co-leader, Krzysztof Bosak, is facing calls that he be dismissed from his position as deputy speaker after he failed to stop Braun from addressing the chamber following the incident.

The New Left party has submitted a motion that he should be fired from the role.

[gryficowa]

Black people are the best strikers in the world (My translator broke down and translated to the worst ones lol)

In Poland, farmers

Fuck Israel, it still hasn't been banned from sports competitions

Fuck Biden, Harris and Trump, they are Zionists, just like those who elect them

Fuck liberals for ignoring that blue people are blue zionist terrorists because they support LGBT+ and suddenly it's not an issue

Fuck Putin, because he's fucking Putin, a queerphobe and he's attacking Ukraine

Fuck all the musicians who stood for Israel

Fuck Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift for remaining silent on Gaza

Fuck Zionists for harassing Jews who support Palestine

Fuck capitalism, because it makes looking for products that don't support Israel is like looking for a needle in a haystack (I live in Poland, I don't have stores as big as the US)

Fuck Poland for queerphobia and silence about Palestine, Sudan and Congo

Fuck Andrzej Duda for supporting Israel and supporting a country that Congo is fighting, which put an innocent Pole in Congo in prison because he was considered a spy and saboteur

Fuck Donald Tusk for wanting to strengthen the wall where civilians are trapped on the border because they were deceived by Lukashenko when they fled the war (Yes, Afghanistan)

Just fuck it all

[theiconicmeghanmarkle]

Polish president Andrzej Duda and his wife hosted Team Invictus Poland players at the Presidential Palace. The meeting was an opportunity to thank the players - veterans injured in missions for representing Poland in the Invictus Games competition in Düsseldorf (2023).

[theroyalweekly]

William also met with Poland’s President, Andrzej Duda, to “express his thanks to the Polish people for their ongoing generosity and hospitality in these turbulent times”. He was accomanied by British ambassador Anna Clunes and his private secretary, Jean-Christophe Gray. -- Rebecca English

[world-of-wales]

THE PRINCE DIARIES ♚

23 MARCH 2023 || Day 2 Poland Visit - Meeting The Polish President, Presidential Palace

The Prince of Wales met the Polish President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on the second day of his trip to Poland.

During the meeting Prince William thanked him for the Polish aid to Ukrainian war refugees. They also discussed how the United Kingdom and Poland can cooperate to provide the best help to Ukraine.

[zvaigzdelasas]

Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Wasik were sentenced to two years' jail last month for abuse of power when they led an anti-corruption office in 2007.[...]

The men, who were elected PiS MPs in October, refused to recognise last month's court decision because President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally, pardoned them for the crime in 2015. Mr Duda has also said he does not recognise the court's ruling because he insists his pardon remains valid.

The pair have been stripped of their parliamentary mandates, but both they and President Duda insist they remain legally elected MPs because of the pardon.

On Monday evening, the court issued a warrant to police to detain the men. Despite this, Mr Duda invited both to Warsaw's Presidential Palace on Tuesday morning to attend a ceremony to swear in two of their former colleagues as presidential advisers.

Several hours later, they emerged from the palace to speak briefly to reporters, all the while remaining inside its grounds. Mr Kaminski said they will be "political prisoners" if they are arrested and thanked Mr Duda for his support.

"We are dealing with a very serious state crisis. A grim dictatorship is being created," Mr Kaminski said. They then returned inside the palace as the political theatre unfolded.

Moments later, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a news conference the situation was "unbelievable". He said the court's ruling must be respected and suggested President Duda was helping the men evade justice.[...]

Following the arrests, several hundred PiS supporters demonstrated outside the palace in support of the men.[...]

Mr Tusk's coalition took office last month pledging to undo PiS's changes to the judiciary, public media, and civil service that the European Commission and many other international bodies say have undermined the rule of law in Poland. One of its first acts was to reform the state TV, radio and news agency that PiS had transformed into a propaganda mouthpiece for its government.

But its methods were similar to PiS's, first using a government minister to sack media boards and install new people ahead of planned legislative reform.[...]

Former PiS prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the BBC Mr Tusk's government talked loudly about democratic standards but fell well short in practice.

"We are witnessing an unprecedented attack on the rule of law. Tusk's government decided it could take over public television and media by force. This has nothing to do with democratic standards. We have not seen such brutal government action since communism. It is all the more outrageous that this is done by people who have such slogans of democracy on their lips," Mr Morawiecki said.

Given PiS's record of controlling state institutions while in office, many Tusk supporters argue such accusations are the height of hypocrisy.

Welcome to Modern Polish Politics, where Liberals accuse other Liberals of being Communists [9 Jan 24]

[head-post]

Polish MEP urges Trump to back World War II reparation demands from Germany

Polish PiS MEP Arkadiusz Mularczyk sent a letter to US President-elect Donald Trump, urging him to support Poland’s demands for Germany to pay reparations for World War II, according to Euractiv.

Mularczyk congratulated Trump on his recent victory in the US presidential election and emphasised the importance of strengthening US-Polish relations. According to Mularczyk, the reparations problem “required a just solution for years.”

Poland suffered huge losses as a result of German aggression, and it is important to develop an international partnership to support Poland in striving for historical justice.

Before losing power in favour of a four-party coalition led by current Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the PiS government had consistently defended Poland’s demand for reparations against Germany. However, the demand was criticised by opposition parties and some European leaders as a potential rift in the EU.

PiS estimated reparations at 6.22 trillion zlotys (1.35 trillion euros). According to Mularczyk, the figure reflected the destruction of infrastructure and suffering that Poland endured during the war.

However, Germany insisted that all war reparations issues were settled by previous agreements, including with Poland’s post-war government.

Meanwhile, Polish President Andrzej Duda said he disagreed with Tusk that any Polish authorities had effectively waived their rights and compensation demands. Duda maintained warm relations with Trump during his first term as US president, even going to name a permanent US military base in Poland after him.

Read more HERE

[usafphantom2]

Russian cruise missile violated Polish airspace

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/30/2023 - 12:15 in Military, War Zones

On December 29, a cruise missile launched by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation violated Polish airspace during a target attack in Ukraine.

The incident occurred at 7:12 a.m. local time, near the Poland-Ukraine border. According to the Polish Armed Forces, the missile re-entered Ukrainian territory after approximately three minutes in Poland's airspace.

Map showing the place where the Russian cruise missile would have entered Polish airspace on December 29. (BBC infographic)

In the X, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said that the object entered through the Ukrainian side of the border and was observed by the country's air defense system, penetrating about 24 miles into Polish airspace and disappearing after less than three minutes. He also stated that air defense troops were mobilized to identify and find the object.

The flight trajectory of the missile was continuously monitored by Polish and Allied radar systems. Polish air defense systems were in readiness and F-16C/D fighters were sent to patrol the area where the missile crossed Polish airspace.

In addition, to verify the radar data, ground forces, air forces and territorial defense troops were mobilized to track the trajectory of the missile on the ground.

President Andrzej Duda called an emergency meeting on security; NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg released a statement on X saying he talked to Duda about the “missile incident” and said that NATO remains vigilant and monitoring the situation “as the facts are established.”

This incident was part of a major Russian attack involving twelve Tu-95MS Bear-H bombers, each launching Kh-55/Kh-555/Kh-101 cruise missiles, along with Tu-22M3 Backfire-C bombers that launched eight Kh-22/Kh-32 supersonic cruise missiles. More than 90 cruise missiles were used in the attack, with most allegedly intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense noted that the combined Russian attack used more than 90 cruise missiles of the types mentioned, 36 Shahed-136 attack drones, S-300/400 anti-aircraft missiles in ground attack mode. In addition, five MiG-31K Foxhound fighters each launched a single Kinzhal ballistic missile launched from the air.

Ukrainian authorities said that at least 144 people were injured and that many others probably remained buried under the rubble.

According to the spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force, Yurii Ihnat, Russia “apparently launched everything it had” against targets throughout Ukraine. Surprisingly, the attack did not seem to involve any Kalibr cruise missiles launched by ships or submarines, with long-range Russian bombers bearing the weight of the operation.

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[mariacallous]

Use of the Pegasus spyware by the previous Polish government appears to be much wider than initially suspected, according to officials in the run-up to the launch on February 19 of a parliamentary commission set up to investigate the use of such surveillance technology.

Among the many new suspected cases are journalists, one of the commission officials said.

Based on revelations by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, Polish media and a Senate commission looking into this matter, the Polish public is aware of around 10-15 cases of spying with Pegasus, some better documented and proven than others. The Senate has confirmed 14 such cases.

Among the documented cases are those of key politicians in the liberal camp, for example parliamentarian Krzysztof Brejza, who was spied on while heading the election campaign for Civic Platform, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s party.

Poland is one of dozens of countries whose governments are believed to have purchased the powerful spyware from the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group and used it to spy illegally on its citizens, including opposition politicians and journalists. An international investigation led by a non-profit media organisation, Forbidden Stories, established in 2021 that it had been used against more than 50,000 phone numbers in more than 20 countries around the world.

On Monday, Tusk said during a meeting of the government with President Andrzej Duda that “the list of the victims of those practices is unfortunately very, very long”. The prime minister said he would send Duda “complete documents” about the issue.

No such list has been made public so far, and Gazeta Wyborcza reported that, based on sources in Tusk’s party, only the prime minister and a few people in his inner circle could be in possession of such a document.

In an interview with Wirtualna Polska on Wednesday, Marcin Bosacki, a Civic Platform MP and vice president of the new Sejm commission, who also headed the previous Senate one, was pressed to specify how many victims of Pegasus he was aware of in Poland.

Bosacki denied being in possession of any full list, but said that, based on his knowledge of the matter, it could include hundreds of people, out of which “over a hundred” were likely surveilled “without grounds”. The list included journalists too, Bosacki added. So far, among the known victims of Pegasus in Poland, there is only one blogger.

Bosacki explained that there were ongoing investigations about the use of Pegasus by the national prosecutor’s office as well as internally at the various intelligence agencies. Bosacki stated that the goals of these inquiries were to determine whether Pegasus was used legally at all in Poland – something he said is unlikely – as well as to identify the victims so they can be informed.

“PiS politicians I speak to on the Sejm corridors are expressing fears that Pegasus was bought, among others, to collect ‘hooks’ [to use for blackmail later] on politicians from the PiS camp itself,” Bosacki said in the interview with Wirtualna Polska.

Further new information presented by Tusk on Monday concerned the purchase of the Pegasus software, which the prime minister said was signed off on by the previous justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, himself.

It has already been established that the Anti-Corruption Agency purchased the spyware in 2017 for 25 million zloty (about 5.5 million euros) using money from the Solidarity Fund, which was established by the Ministry of Justice to support victims of violence but was later proven to be used widely to illegally channel funds to allies of the previous nationalist-populist government.