Belgian Jewish community regrets Flemish parliament ban on ritual slaughter

 Belgian Jewish community regrets Flemish parliament ban on ritual slaughter

 

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Small blog flemish Belgian Jewish community regrets Flemish parliament ban on ritual slaughterCCOJB President Yohan Benizri, who is also a WJC vice president and a member of the WJC-Jewish Diplomatic Corps says „these laws do not respect the principles of necessity, equality or proportionality, nor the European laws in this matter.”
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