Thursday, January 30, 2025

Polish MEP kicked out over ‘Jewish genocide’ comment

 

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Grzegorz Braun called for a prayer for people killed in Gaza during a Holocaust commemorations at the EU Parliament

Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun called on his fellow legislators to “pray for the victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza” during a moment of silence in remembrance of Holocaust victims on Wednesday. He was swiftly asked to leave the chamber by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.

West Jerusalem launched a massive military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas' incursion into Israeli territory in October 2023, during which the militants killed over 1,100 people and took 240 hostages. By the time the two belligerents sealed a ceasefire earlier this month, the IDF response had claimed at least 46,000 lives in the Palestinian enclave, according to local Hamas-controlled health authorities.

After being ejected from the European Parliament’s commemorative ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the MEP from Poland’s right-wing Confederation alliance insisted in a post on X that he hadn’t wanted to “disturb” the event, but rather “supplemented” it.

The stunt has provoked harsh criticism from multiple lawmakers, including those from Poland.

In a post on X, the European Jewish Congress also denounced Braun’s action as a “vile display of antisemitism in the heart of European democracy.”

The politician made headlines in December 2023 when he used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles during a ceremony at the Polish parliament. Braun said at the time that “there can be no place for the acts of this racist, tribal, wild Talmudic cult on these premises.”  (more...)

Polish MEP kicked out over ‘Jewish genocide’ comment




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