Israel, located in an area surrounded on all sides by hostile Arab countries and within the warring reach of countries that hate it (such as Iran), is renowned for its excellent military defense preparations, not only through expensive equipment but also by train most of its citizens. to fight. Israel’s secret service is considered one of the best in the world, and diplomacy one of the most assertive and indifferent – the Jews were able to do this, thanks to years of consistent politics and the accolades they received from the countries that shared responsibility. over the Holocaust, but also for their unique situation. After all, Israel is an enclave of the civilized West, its foothold in the Middle East, an island in the Arabian sea.

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And just as 11 years ago, in September, George Friedman advised Poles to prepare for war like Israel, today Stratfor’s founding thesis can be extended. There is more in common between Israel and Poland and the government in Warsaw has to play it, play it and repeat it, repeat it and play it, and if one record runs out, play the next one with the same melody: we have to be treated extraordinarily.

Soldier

We are not lying in the sea of ​​​​Arabs, but we are lying under the waves of Russia, much more dangerous than the waves of the Arabs, filled with hatred, savagery, but with huge armies and nuclear weapons. Russia co-finances terrorists on the Polish-Belarusian border, and some Arab circles finance their own terrorists – the Islamic world of the Middle East and the Russian world are laboratories for terrorism.

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Position

Israel must defend itself and be ready to defend itself, and Poland must also be vigilant against moves from the Kremlin, but also protect smaller partners such as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Israel is the last West in the East, and Poland is the front line country on which aid to defend Ukraine depends today. It’s a political argument that should not only be used in international politics (as Israel uses), but that works — even the currently liberal White House has suspended its concern for Poland’s deeply persecuted gay people and isn’t sending officials to clown with rainbows. flag, but to coordinate aid to repel the Russian invasion.

History

Finally, the history of Israel and Poland have a meeting point, and Jews have demonstrated that one nation’s historical policies can affect half the world. Poland as a country suffered the most during World War II, almost 20% of Polish citizens died during it, however, what to write about – Polish readers know what role his ancestors played in this war and what sacrifices he made. ancestors. Although Adolf Hitler’s German Third Reich hated Jews more than Poles, the “eminent” second place and the various ways of exterminating Poles allow us to speak about it loudly, clearly and without looking at the Gross, Engelking and Grabowski families, because there will always be some denialists – for some, Hitler didn’t know about the Holocaust, for others, the Poles were guilty of it.

In short: the role of the military, the importance of our location and historical policies are the three pillars on which we really should build a similar, albeit much smaller, position on the continent and in the world. Military, location and history; military, location and history – must play in diplomatic posts, publishers, cultural institutions, writers, directors, and political scientists.

Republic

At the same time, Poland had other achievements that surpassed those of Israel – those were the achievements of the Republic of Poland, the achievement of the freedom and community of the entire territory, which included the Polish territories in the body of state, Lithuania, Latvia, in a sense Estonia, of course Belarus and Ukraine, and within the broader context of the Jagiellonian monarchy bloc, there are also several additional territories: the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, parts of Romania, and even Croatia. Through the aristocratic democracy and the multicultural Polish Republic to the uprising for “your freedom and ours”, through the common elements of the cultural code in Vilnius, Riga, Kiev or Bucharest, we can add purely Polish notes of the Interarium or Three Seas to melodies from Israel ( military, location, and history), which however, the current ruling team, led by President Andrzej Duda, seem to understand it quite well.

Poland must be treated extraordinarily – like Israel. We have reason to build a narrative where some brute from the Brussels office, pointing out paragraphs of the so-called “milestones”, can be extinguished like an old candle with the words “but our situation is unique” – and everyone will know why. Just like today, the White House knows that the rainbow flag is not the most important value in relations with Poland, even though early in his term Joe Biden promised it was for Warsaw.

When the melody of hope for greatness is played, the doubters immediately scream: impossible, we are unworthy, too small, too weak. We are as small and too weak as in 1988 facing the Soviet Union or 2022 facing independent aid to Ukraine at the start of the invasion. He who thinks small and acts small. And Poland cannot be considered a dwarf, because it has such a location and history.