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“Belgium is a protected country. I know that the manner in which it is here is with you.” The American ambassador Bill White appeared in ‘De afspraak op vrijdag’, in the latest diplomacy commotie that last week ontstond tussen hem en Belgian politics. White nuances are expressed about anti-Semitism in the fraudulent pursuit of three moheels, in bankruptcy for a betting squad around Joodse besnijdenissen.

Luka Geets

Journalist at HLN

In ‘De afspraak’ White benadrukte dat hij geen conflict zoekt. “I create everything consciously,” said the ambassador. Hij wees erop dat a van de vervolgde moheels Amerikaans Staatsburger is en stelde dat het zijn taak is om hen te beschermen en op te komen voor zijn overtuigingen.

The controversy ontstond nadat White op Minister of Buitenlandse Zaken Maxime Prévot (Les Engagés) noemde the reaction “once past” in her memory of the White Earth and will be teruggefloten. Ook premier Bart De Wever riep op tot terughoudendheid en vroeg alle betrokkenen om het debate niet via de media te voeren.

White belooft het advices from premier Bart De Wever on the following. “Hij is a good man,” said the ambassador. De Wever zou White hebben aangeraden om niet meer in het openbaar over de kwestie te spreken – nadat ook Prévot White verweet van ‘Twitter diplomacy‘ – omdat he has a bet against loss for success. “The Joden in the country hebben me verteld dat as koosjer slachten al niet meer mag. As besnijdenissen ook niet meer like, dan moeten ze Belgium. Ik weet dat Bart De Wever dat niet wil, en de arizonaregering evenmin.”

What is a moheel?

A moheel is nobody the rituele besnijdenissen uitvoert bij jongetjes in het Joodse geloof, meestal op de eighth dag na de geboorte. In Belgium it has been used for a non-medical noodzakelijke circumcisies, so many people have been given the opportunity to enter the arts. This is a risky route for health. In this case, the moheels were in arts and was also geen arts in the circumferences.

Tegelijk ontkende hij dat hij België expliciet antisemitisch had genoemd. “I’m looking for something (…). What I’ve seen, is a word that can be interpreted internationally as anti-Semitic. It’s hard for me to break.”

Good politics

A good sound is heard from Sven Biscop, professor of international politics (UGent), also on the table. “No one speaks of anti-Semitism, behalve, etc.” Biscop recognizes that an ambassador to the country can defend himself, but this can never be overtaken as pressure on the legal process.

Political journalist at HLN, Isolde Van den Eynde.
Political journalist at HLN, Isolde Van den Eynde. © Gregory Van Gansen / Photo News

White herhaalde daarnaast zijn opproep voor a betlijk squad rond Joodse besnijdenissen. Hij bankrupt for a system that has been certified by moheels, vergelijkbaar with the regulation for bijvoorbeeld tattoo artists of nail stylists. Volgens hem wordt daar aft de schermen al over spoken.

“I want to get a political resolution for the sake of those who care that God’s service can be served, not in other civilized countries in Europe,” aldus de ambassador. “Belgium is a protected country. I know that the manner in which it is here is with you.”

Van den Eynde betwijfelt real of the politiek draagvlak voor state. Ze thinks that the uitspraken van de ambassador de kans op zo’n regeling net smaller hebben gemaakt. Volgens hair will be from the Belgian overheid to avoid the pressure of the United States President Trump. “When he was there, he was given a job by the ambassador a decade ago,” he says.

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