An annual Belgian carnival notorious for featuring antisemitic effigies is to take place this Sunday, with even more racist elements than in previous years.
Organisers of the Carnaval in Aalst, a Flemish city north west of Brussels, have already sold hundreds of “rabbi kits” – which include oversized noses, sidelocks and black hats – for carnival-goers to dress as Chasidic Jews, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Past floats have featured Charedi Jews with big noses sitting on piles of money. One of the caricatured figures had a white rat resting on its shoulder.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called on authorities to ban the “hateful” parade, tweeting that Belgium “should be ashamed to allow such a vitriolic antisemitic display.”
