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https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/sy6hpevngx#google_vignette The demonstration drew criticism from Israeli officials and Jewish organizations, who argued that using Holocaust imagery to depict the war in Gaza trivialized the Holocaust and crossed into antisemitism. Sweden has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism, which includes "drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis" as an example that could, depending on the context, constitute antisemitism. Critics of the protest argued that the Auschwitz replica fell within that definition. Israel's ambassador to Sweden, Ziv Nevo Kulman, condemned the display. "I am following with deep concern the recent antisemitic incidents in Sweden," he said. "Whether it is a Jewish doctor subjected to verbal abuse at work, reports of healthcare workers participating in demonstrations where antisemitic statements were heard, or yet another weekly demonstration distorting the Holocaust in ways that leave me shocked, the pattern is deeply troubling." מחנה השמדה אושוויץ בירקנאו פולין שלט העבודה משחררת The original 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stands above the entrance to Auschwitz, the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp in occupied Poland (Photo: Shutterstock) "How many more times can we condemn the same hatred?" he added. "When will those responsible understand that failing to act against incitement only emboldens those who spread it?" The Official Council of Jewish Communities in Sweden also criticized the protest. "Trivializing the Holocaust in the way it was done during the demonstration in Stockholm is profoundly offensive and deeply repugnant," said Aaron Verständig, the council's chairman. Daniel Schatz, a Swedish-Jewish researcher, criticized the fact that the demonstration took place openly in front of police officers. "It is particularly noteworthy that this is happening openly on the streets of Sweden, in full view of the police, without any visible intervention," Schatz said in comments published by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, an international advocacy organization. "How long will these outrages continue to become normalized before the responsible authorities and politicians pull the emergency brake?"