Overview
- Snopes says it cannot confirm the sign’s existence and has left the claim unrated while it waits for replies from Kyrgyz authorities and the hotel.
- The Israeli embassy for Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic posted the photo and condemned the message as antisemitic and offensive.
- Ambassador Yoav Bistritsky said authorities in the city of Osh removed the sign and opened a criminal investigation into those responsible.
- Local outlet Kaktus.media quoted a hotel operator who said the building’s owner put up the sign, that staff opposed it, and that police are investigating.
- The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom reports a recent decline in religious freedom in Kyrgyzstan, which places new pressure on small minority communities such as Jews.