Antwerp Mayor Claims Belgian City`s Jews Are Risking ‘Wave of Antisemitism` Over Alleged Non-Compliance With ...
(WorldNews Belgium)

An Orthodox Jewish man is seen in the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Photo: Reuters/Belga Photo Dirk Waem. The mayor of Antwerp has claimed that the Belgian city’s historic community of Orthodox Jews risk bringing a “wave of antisemitism” upon themselves because of non-compliance with COVID-19 social distancing and testing requirements. Commenting on the disclosure from district health officials that the pandemic’s infection rate in Antwerp’s Jewish quarter is four times higher than in the rest of the city, Antwerp Mayor Bart De Wever said on Monday that the “Jewish community has to realize one thing: they are following their own logic, but I see the...