{"id":2214,"date":"2026-02-17T10:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/2214\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:13:10","slug":"belgium-summons-us-ambassador-over-claims-of-antisemitism-in-rare-diplomatic-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/2214\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium summons US ambassador over claims of antisemitism in rare diplomatic row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/belgium?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Belgium<\/a> summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday over a social media post where he accused the country of antisemitic persecution of Jewish Belgians, the kingdom\u2019s foreign minister said.\u201cLabelling Belgium as antisemitic is not just wrong, it\u2019s dangerous disinformation that undermines the real fight against hatred,\u201d Belgian foreign minister <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/maxime-prevot?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maxime Prevot<\/a> said in a social media post on Monday. The summons is a rare move between staunch allies.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cAn ambassador accredited to Belgium has a responsibility to respect our institutions, our elected representatives, and the independence of our judicial system,\u201d Prevot said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cPersonal attacks against a Belgian minister and interference in judicial matters violate basic diplomatic norms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">National broadcaster VRT reported that Belgian authorities were investigating whether three men in Antwerp were performing circumcisions without certified medical training.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US ambassador to Belgium Bill White has accused the country of antisemitism. Photo: US Embassy in Belgium\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1d7ef10d-1865-4d59-9b8d-9c4d0fcbb1c7_4f2dd67e.jpg\" title=\"US ambassador to Belgium Bill White has accused the country of antisemitism. Photo: US Embassy in Belgium\"\/>US ambassador to Belgium Bill White has accused the country of antisemitism. Photo: US Embassy in Belgium<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">US Ambassador Bill White said on a social media post that this investigation was \u201cunacceptable harassment of the Jewish community here in Antwerp and in Belgium\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belgium summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday over a social media post where he accused the country of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,7,1922,1960,1962,1956,1958,1961,1963,1959,1899,1957],"class_list":{"0":"post-2214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-antwerp","9":"tag-belgium","10":"tag-bill-white","11":"tag-jewish","12":"tag-jewish-belgians","13":"tag-jewish-community","14":"tag-judicial-system","15":"tag-maxime-prevot","16":"tag-mohels","17":"tag-social-media-post","18":"tag-us-ambassador","19":"tag-vrt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}