Belgian Foreign Minister officially summons US ambassador following fierce outburst aimed at Belgium: “Unacceptable statements”
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/liveblog/minister-van-buitenlandse-zaken-prevot-roept-vsambassadeur-op-h~1764248864904/
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Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot has summoned the US ambassador. A spokesperson for Prévot confirmed this to VRT NWS.
The move follows a sharp outburst by US Ambassador Bill White directed at the Belgian government. White called on Belgium to stop the “ridiculous and antisemitic prosecution of three Jewish circumcisers (Mohels) in Antwerp.”
Prévot does not accept this criticism. Read his full response below:
Any suggestion that Belgium is antisemitic is incorrect, offensive, and unacceptable. Belgium condemns antisemitism with the utmost determination. The fight against antisemitism, and against all forms of hatred and discrimination, is an absolute priority for our country.
Everyone must be able to practice their faith without fear of violence, discrimination, or persecution. That is a cornerstone of our rule of law. It is not open to negotiation.
Belgian law permits ritual circumcision when it is performed by a qualified physician under strict health and safety standards. The specific case referred to is the subject of a judicial investigation. I will refrain from commenting on ongoing legal proceedings.
Labeling Belgium as antisemitic is not only wrong, it is dangerous disinformation that undermines the real fight against hatred.
As for the statements made by the American ambassador: they are unacceptable.
An ambassador accredited to Belgium has the responsibility to respect our institutions, our elected representatives, and the independence of our judiciary. Personal attacks on a Belgian minister and interference in judicial matters violate the basic norms of diplomacy.
The ambassador has been summoned immediately for a meeting this Tuesday.
Belgium remains open to dialogue with all partners. However, interference in our democratic institutions and unfounded accusations cross a line that cannot be crossed. Respect for sovereignty works both ways.
Small summary: Members of the Jewish community in Antwerp complained that unlicensed and unqualified Mohels were performing circumcisions. The Belgian state received the complaint and started to investigate in order to protect Jewish boys from medical malpractice. US ambassador to Belgium (fully MAGA) gets angry and calls Belgium antisemitic, despite the complaint coming from…people within the Jewish community itself.
Israeli diplomats are now praising the American ambassador.
Dumbest timeline.
Crazy how forced mutilation without a medical reason, is still seen as normal by some people.
Barbarism MGM
Expel that dumb fuck ambassador.
This is the same Bill White who got flack because he sided with a Belgian holocaust-denier, by the way.
One can taste the insanity.
The greatest country on the planet has the most incredible ambassadors.
American elite protecting the rights of old men to brutalise the genitals of defenceless children. Seems to be the great unifier for the upper echelon.
This after Belgium followed US orders on fhe frozen russian funds. Magastan has no concept of loyalty – you’re just a dog to them, with regular beatings to keep you in line.
As previous comments explained: he’s straight up criticising a judicial investigation of complaints by jewish people. So now jewish people themselves are antisemitic? And also: are they so far gone they forgot that the separation of powers / system of checks and balances between them is fundamental in a democracy? We need independent judges to keep government and lawmakers abide their own laws.
Antisemitism has lost all meaning it has been so thoroughly abused by the islamists
Some US officials are really in need of a circumcision of their tongue, lmao.
This is some kind of surreal.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Iran, Russia, and North Korea join the US and Israel in that statement.
These people are not ambassadors. They are here to further the MAGA agenda, not to be diplomatic. I don’t understand why European countries are not declaring these personae non grata (no idea if that plural is correct but it looks good) en masse.