The summons comes after White demanded Belgium stop prosecuting three Jewish religious figures who perform ritual circumcision.
Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot summoned U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White on Tuesday for a meeting after the senior American official accused thewhen White, an appointee of President Donald Trump, accused Belgium of becoming a breeding ground for antisemitism — accusations Prevot called “offensive” and an “unfounded” personal attack.
Iranian supreme leader calls nuclear industry 'our undeniable right' in series of threats against USsaid in an X post . “Personal attacks against a Belgian minister and interference in judicial matters violate basic diplomatic norms. The Ambassador has been immediately summoned for a meeting this Tuesday.” The summons comes after White demanded that Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Affairs Frank Vandenbroucke end the prosecution against three Mohels, Jewish religious figures who perform brit milah, the Jewish ritual circumcision.During the raid, officers reportedly searched for knives and other equipment used in the procedures, as well as documentation, after a local rabbi complained that the men were also performing metzitzah b’peh, a ritual practice in which the mohel uses oral suction on the circumcision wound. “THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS,” White wrote on X about the mohels’ arrests. “Stop this unacceptable harassment of the Jewish community here in Antwerp and in Belgium. It’s 2026, you need to get into the 21st century and allow our brethren Jewish families in Belgium to legally execute their religious freedoms!” Prevot said White’s labeling of Belgium as antisemitic “undermines the real fight against hatred,” and the charges against the mohels are not on religious grounds. “Belgian law permits ritual circumcision when performed by a qualified physician under strict health and safety standards. The specific case referenced is subject to a judicial investigation. I refrain from commenting on ongoing proceedings,” Prevot said. “It’s not ok to simply say we ‘follow the law’ and ‘we are not antisemitic’. Both of those things can’t be true in this case,” White said in response to Prevot’s post. “I pray for the three mohels and their families. I will go to Antwerp to meet with them as soon as I can to help them in anyway I can. Would you like to join me please?” TRUMP AMBASSADOR CALLS OUT ‘VERY RUDE’ BELGIAN HEALTH MINISTER OVER ‘ANTISEMITIC’ PROSECUTION OF RELIGIOUS FIGURES Prevot did not directly respond to White’s Antwerp invitation, but in his initial summons posting, he said Belgium welcomes dialogue. “Belgium welcomes dialogue with all partners,” he said. “But interference in our democratic institutions and false accusations cross a line that cannot be crossed. Respect for sovereignty works both ways.”
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