Polish politician sticks skullcap on rival, accuses party of ‘bowing to Jews’ May 19, 2019Konrad Berkowicz (L) and Anne Krupka (R) debate in Poland. (screenshotscreenshotPolish politician sticks skullcap on rival, accuses party of ‘bowing to Jews’ Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/polish-politician-sticks-skullcap-on-rival-accuses-party-of-bowing-to-jews/ Email Print During a political debate in the run-up to elections in Poland, a far-right candidate placed a kippah on the head of a political rival before claiming her party sold the country to Jews for “billions.”By World Israel News StaffOn Saturday, a political forum in Kielce, Poland served as the stage for an ugly display of anti-Semitism that included one candidate putting a traditional Jewish head-covering (kippah) on his rival’s head as part of a theatrical accusation regarding money, Jews, and the State of Israel.The incident occurred at a debate between candidates running for seats in the European ParliamentAt one point, a candidate named Dawid Lewicki, who represents a far-right party, jammed a kippah in front of a candidate named Anne Krupka from the ruling Law and Justice party , Israel’s Kan News reported. Lewicki then barked, “[The Law and Justice pary] kneel[s] before the Jews, they sold the country for $300 billion,” according to Polish press. After Krupka, tossed the kippah away, another member of Lewicki’s party, Konrad Berkowicz, later picked up the kippah and held it above Krupka’s head.A clip of the end of the incident was posted to Twitter.פולין: בעימות מועמדים בבחירות לפרלמנט האירופי, הניח אחד המועמדים כיפה על ראשה של מועמדת מפלגת השלטון PiS והצהיר: “הם משתחווים בפני היהודים, הם ימכרו את המדינה תמורת כסף” @kann_news pic.twitter.com/Ax0J9matgD— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) May 19, 2019 While Poland’s ambassador to Israel Marek Magierowski condemned the episode, calling all expressions of racially-based hatred “unacceptable,” Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon dismissed Berkowicz’s faction as “a fringe racist party” unworthy of a response.Following the incident, Berkowicz posted a screed on Facebook defending his actions, claiming that he intended the kippah stunt as commentary on Krupka’s party acting “more in the interest of Israel and Jewish organizations than in the Polish interest.”Berkowicz also claimed that accusations of anti-Semitism following the incident proved the axiom, “Jews can only be spoken of positively, or not at all.” anti-SemitismPoland