Home » Blog » In light of ‘concrete warnings,’ Israeli minister cancels visit to Brussels

In light of ‘concrete warnings,’ Israeli minister cancels visit to Brussels

by admin

The canceled visit due to security concerns shows “leaders’ ‘Never again’ declarations are hollow,” the European Jewish Association chairman said.

Yossi Lempkowicz

(European Jewish Press via JNS)

Following concrete security warnings, Amichai Chikli, Israel’s Minister of Diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, canceled his Jan. 28 visit to Brussels, where he was due to address a conference in the European Parliament on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and meet with the Jewish community.

Chikli acted “in light of concrete warnings and in accordance with the guidance of security officials,” the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said.

“I regretted receiving instructions from security officials this evening to cancel my participation in the International Holocaust Remembrance Day events at the European Parliament,” Chikli said on Sunday. “Unfortunately, the capital of Europe has become an unsafe place for Jews and Israelis.”

Tuesday’s event in the European Parliament, titled “Never Again? Indoctrinating hatred of Jews: What has changed in 80 years?” is co-hosted by Members of the European Parliament Lukas Mandl of Austria and Andrey Kovatchev of Bulgaria, in association with the European Jewish Association.

“The fact that in 2025, an Israeli minister was forced to cancel his visit to a Western European country for security reasons is more evidence than anything else that all the leaders’ ‘Never again’ declarations are hollow,” Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the European Jewish Associations, said on Sunday. “This year, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is more regrettable than ever—the worst since the Holocaust.”

Originally published by the European Jewish Press.

Image: The Esplanade of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 1, 2024. Credit: FrDr via Wikimedia Commons.

You may also like

About Us

Voice of the Jewish Community – JTVC is an online news magazine providing original and exclusive media content focused on strengthening bonds between the Jewish Diaspora and Israel.

Feature Posts

Newsletter

 

OUR MISSION

We bring the Jewish Diaspora and Israel closer together through showing each in a positive light, while countering the AIM Syndrome.  AIM is the unique blend of Antisemitism, Israel phobia, and Miseducation, which together threatens our society like nothing before. We counter AIM with a more powerful and favorable dialogue. JTVC shares original media content, including high calibre interviews and documentaries that focuses on our mission. 

@2021 – Designed and Developed by Jewish TV Channel

Jewish TV Channel