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The cartoon shows a crane, with a Magen David emblem, placing a section into a wall with a picture of the gates to Auschwitz/Birkenau and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem on it.
The caption for the cartoon is "Israel's filthy Wall - what is Israel's solution to 'too many Palestinians' in Palestine?"
The cartoon has been added to a press release from the Gush Shalom peace movement which talks about the police raids at a Dutch company which is alleged to have leased cranes to Israel for the building of the security barrier.
When the Scottish Friends of Israel drew the cartoon to Gush Shalom's attention, spokesperson Beate Zilversmidt responded: "The illustration in the SPSC website, which we consider to be in bad taste, is not our responsibility."
The cartoon used by SPSC was awarded the premier prize in 2006 in an Iranian competition promoted by President Ahmadinejad to find the most outrageous and insulting depiction of Holocaust history.
Eastwood Labour MSP Ken Macintosh said: "This cartoon is simply offensive.
"Not only was the Holocaust an insult to all of humanity, but I am worried that yet again no line is drawn between expressing views about the Israeli government and about the Jewish community, particularly when these views are so extreme and hostile."
Conservative West of Scotland MSP Jackson Carlaw said: "The lessons of history teach us that we must counter ignorance and directly and personally tackle those who seek advancement by encouraging fear and suspicion of other people.
"The moment we forget this lesson we are on a slippery slope to a very unpleasant place.
"I hope the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign will apologise for the offence its cartoon has caused and think much more carefully about the broader implications of its actions from this moment
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