18 May, 2006
Polish president Lech Kaczynski has attempted to assure Israel's ambassador, David Peleg, that anti-Semitism had "no chance" in his country. Kaczynski responded to anxieties over a new coalition that includes a nationalist party with a far-right youth wing, according to a statement by the presidential office in Warsaw. Kaczynski met with Peleg to address concerns over the coalition with the League of Polish Families, a nationalist and Catholic party with the radical, right-wing All-Polish Youth group. "Mr. Kaczynski guaranteed that there is no space for anti-Semitism in Poland," Andrzej Krawczyk, the president’s undersecretary of state, said. All-Polish Youth members have been known to make Nazi salutes and chant "Sieg Heil" during street protests. The group also has attacked gay and women’s rights marches in past years. Kaczynski told Peleg that he, his office and his governing Law and Justice party would guarantee that "anti-Semitism in Poland stands no chance".
