A far-right Polish lawmaker extinguished the lights of a menorah with a fire extinguisher.

Minister Grzegorz Braun, 56, leader of the monarchist Confederation Party, has made antisemitic statements in the past, including a claim that there was a plot to turn Poland into a “Jewish state,” the Associated Press reported. On Tuesday, following a ceremony with Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler to light a candle on the Sejm's menorah for the sixth night of Hanukkah, Braun grabbed a fire extinguisher and doused the candles.

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Video of the incident shows Braun grabbing a fire extinguisher and spraying it well before he made it to the menorah, spreading smoke and chaos on his way to the display. Upon reaching the menorah, he thoroughly douses each candle, extinguishing them.

The incident was quickly condemned by all the other major parties. Newly elected Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk issued a condemnation in a speech shortly after.

“This is unacceptable. This can’t happen again,” he said.

Speaker of Sejm Szymon Holownia also denounced the "absolutely scandalous" action.

“There will be no tolerance for racism, xenophobia, antisemitism … as long as I am the speaker of parliament,” he said.

The menorah is not new, and the ceremony has taken place for at least 17 years, according to Stambler. He dismissed Braun as “an antisemite who wanted to attract attention” and thanked Poles who had reached out in support.

“I’ve had so many phone calls and messages from Polish MPs, people who live in Poland; everyone sends me so much solidarity and care, feeling sorry and apologizing for this,” he told the Guardian.

Israel's ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, was present during the ceremony and expressed his outrage over X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

“SHAME. A Polish parliament member just did this. Few minutes after we celebrated Chanukah there,” he said

The incident served as a significant embarrassment for the new progressive prime minister, who recently pledged to steer Poland in a new liberal direction after unseating one of the most conservative governments in Europe.

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Poland has a long history with the Jewish people. Jews enjoyed some of the most accepting conditions throughout the Middle Ages and early modern period, following their invitation and protection by Polish King Casimir the Great in the 14th century. With the king giving them a privileged position in Polish society, then Polish-Lithuanian society, the area soon boasted the largest Jewish community on Earth.

Their position and numbers suffered a large blow following the Cossack Khmelnytsky Uprising in the mid-17th century, which witnessed the largest pogroms before the Holocaust. The partitions of Poland saw the Jews lose their privileged position, and the final major blow came during World War II when the majority of Polish Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Many of the remainder migrated to Israel after the war, leaving only a tiny fraction as a remnant of what was previously the largest Jewish community on Earth.