Belgian carnival to go ahead despite row over `hateful` antisemitism
(The Guardian Belgium)

Organisers in Aalst say they will defy calls from Israel´s government to cancel eventOrganisers of a Belgian carnival, removed from a Unesco heritage list last year following criticism of its antisemitic floats, have said they will defy calls from Israel´s government for Sunday´s event to be cancelled.Belgium´s prime minister, Sophie Wilmès, also described the parade as an `internal affair` after Israel´s foreign minister, Israel Katz, called for the authorities to `condemn and ban this hateful parade in Aalst`. Related: Belgian anti-racism activist forced to flee town in blackface row Continue reading...