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The U.S. ambassador accused Belgium of 'harassment of the Jewish community' over a year-old investigation into suspected illegal circumcisions. Belgium rejected antisemitism accusations, with its foreign minister saying Jewish Belgians 'do not deserve to be used as leverage'
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Israel and Belgium were drawn into an unusually public diplomatic clash after the United States ambassador to Brussels urged Belgian authorities on Monday to halt prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcision rituals, triggering a sharp online exchange between the countries' foreign ministers over antisemitism claims.
