Showing posts with label Hanukkah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hanukkah. Show all posts

Polish far-right MP snuffs out Hanukkah menorah with fire extinguisher

 


A rabbi lights candles of a menorah again after an incident in which a far-right lawmaker put out the candles, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI /AP

Dec 12, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

A far-right Polish lawmaker on Tuesday, December 12, used a fire extinguisher to put out a Hanukkah menorah placed in the parliament lobby, a stunt that saw him ordered out of the assembly by Szymon Holownia, the speaker of Poland's lower house of Parliament.