Foreign Ministry: A terrible message to Europe's Jews

• Date: 18 December 2020
• Author: Nitsan Keidar
• Published date: 18 December 2020
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

"The European Court of Justice today upheld the de facto ban on kosher slaughter in Belgium, sending a harsh message to all of European Jewry. Beyond the fact that the decision violates freedom of worship and religion in Europe, a value which is at the heart of the EU, it signals to the Jewish communities that they are undesirable in Europe," the Foreign Ministry said.

"It is important that a way be found to change the decision and allow the Jewish citizens of the European Union to continue to observe the commandments of the Jewish religion. Any other decision is contrary to the values of religious freedom that EU citizens rightly support," the Foreign Ministry said.

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevitch also reacted to the decision...