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Aalst mayor Christoph D'Haese (R) and a Jewish caricature pictured during the yearly carnival parade in the streets of Aalst, Sunday 23 February 2020, starting on Sunday with the so-called Zondagsstoet.
February 24, 2020, 1:34 pm
Jewish groups slam Belgian authorities after ‘antisemitic’ carnival goes ahead
Criticism from around the world met with defiance in Aalst whose mayor defends 'satirical' use of anti-Jewish tropes in procession
By Jewish News Reporter
A carnival float which was paraded through the centre of a Belgian city last year (Credit: Pen News)
December 2, 2019, 9:40 am
Belgian Town Gives Up Unesco Status Following Row Over ‘antisemitism’
Decision comes as UNESCO, Jewish groups and the European Union condemned as antisemitic a parade float at the Aalst Carnival
By Jewish News Reporter
A carnival float which was paraded through the centre of a Belgian city last year (Credit: Pen News)
November 13, 2019, 4:52 pm
UNESCO to vote on cutting ties with Belgian carnival where Jews mocked
United Nations body will decide if it should distance itself from the Aalst parade, in which a float appears with an effigy of grinning Jews holding money
By JTA
A carnival float which was paraded through the centre of a Belgian city last year (Credit: Pen News)
October 27, 2019, 3:16 pm
Belgian parade’s Jewish float ruled unintentionally antisemitic
Inter-Federal Equal Opportunities Center says the creator of the Aalst float should be cleared of criminal responsibility but urges them to show more 'empathy'
By JTA
A carnival float, which was paraded through the centre of a Belgian city, is guilty of Nazi-style antisemitism. (Credit: Pen News)
March 7, 2019, 8:54 pm
Mayor of city that hosted parade with antisemitic floats defends display
Aalst's leader Christoph D’Haese says his city 'should be allowed' to run the event and 'carnival participants had no sinister intentions'
By Jenni Frazer
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