Original sentence: A spokesperson for the republic called the leaflets a provocation.On Passover eve, alleged members of the Donetsk Republic, carrying the flag of the Russian Federation, passed out a leaflet to Jews that informed all Jews over the age of 16 that they would have to report to the Commissioner for Nationalities in the Donetsk Regional Administration building and register their property and religion.The interim government's regional chairman Denis Pushilin confirmed that the flyers were distributed by his organization, but denied any connection to the leaflet's content
Edited sentence: According to Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the leaflets looked like some sort of provocation, and an attempt to paint the pro-Russian forces as anti-semitic.Donetsk People's Republic chairman Denis Pushilin denied at a press conference that the DPR had anything to do with the flyer, calling it an unprofessionally provocation and a "complete lie".On Passover eve, Ukrainian and Israeli media claimed that alleged members of the Donetsk Republic, carrying the flag of the Russian Federation, passed out a leaflet to Jews that informed all Jews over the age of 16 that they would have to report to the Commissioner for Nationalities in the Donetsk Regional Administration building and register their property and religion.Pinchas Vishedski, Donetsk city chief rabbi, stated that the pamphlet was fake, claiming it is meant to discredit pro-Russian protesters or the Jewish community.The authenticity of the leaflet could not be independently verified