Polish far-right lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah candle in parliament
By The Associated Press on December 12, 2023.
A far-right lawmaker in the Polish parliament used a fire extinguisher on Tuesday to put out a candle on a menorah that was lit for Hannukah. The speaker of the parliament, Szymon Holownia, denounced the incident carried out by Grzegorz Braun, and said there would be no tolerance for antisemitic and xenophobic behavior in the Sejm, the Polish parliament. Braun in the past has falsely claimed that there is a plot to turn Poland into a “Jewish state.” 4-3
