The UN Human Rights Council Makes a Mockery of Human Rights
When selling bread and underwear becomes a crime.
February 26, 2020
Belgium Hosts Anti-Semitic Parades While Lecturing Israel
Moral preening and grotesque caricatures.
Last year, the annual carnival in the Belgian town of Aalst received criticism because it regularly includes life-sized caricatures based on the crudest of anti-Semitic stereotypes. The town’s mayor defended the carnival as a cherished local tradition in a purely lighthearted vein, insisting that the participants had no animus to Jews whatsoever. To preserve the parade, he even sacrificed Aalst’s status as a UNESCO “world-heritage site.” Last Sunday, the people of Aalst responded to their critics by expanding their repertoire of anti-Semitic images and costumes. Meanwhile, note the editors of the Jerusalem Post, Belgium is happy to stay on its high horse when it has an opportunity to condemn Israel:
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After Pulling Away from the U.S. and NATO, Turkey Has Requested American Missiles to Defend against Russia
The U.S. should call Erdogan’s bluff.
Belgium Hosts Anti-Semitic Parades While Lecturing Israel
Moral preening and grotesque caricatures.
Why Jews Should Read the Bible as Theology
Deriving Jewish thought from Scripture.
Baron Rothschild’s Favorite Book about Solomon’s Temple
What a rare French volume says about the philanthropist’s interests.