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BELGIJA I iZRAEL - INCIDENT KOD RUKOVANJE MINISTARA
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Belgian Minister slams ‘fundamentalist’ Orthodox Israeli colleague for refusing to shake hands with her
by: Shari Ryness Updated: 24/May/2012 12:33
Belgijska ministrica optužuje izraelskog kolegu za "fundamentalizam", jer je odbio da se rukuje s njom
Beligijska ministrica Laurette Onkelinx je optužila Izraelskog ortodoksnog ministra za "fundalmentalizam" jer je odbio rukovanje s njom. Dva ministra zdravlja su se susrela na svjetskoj skupštini o zdravlju u Ženevi, kada je Onkelinx optužila ortodoksnog izraelskog partnera da se s njom NE rukuje.
Yakov Litzman je izraelski ministar zdravlja i lider partije "United
Torah Judaism ( haredi) i zbog toga ne dodiruje članove suprotnog spola u nikakovim prilikama.
Onkelinx je reagirala na taj događaj tako da je objavila vijest na svojoj službenoj Facebook stranici pod naslovom " moje ruke su čiste", i u tekstu koji je slijedio opisala je kako se radi o njezinom drugom " duboko teškom" iskustvu, prvi je bio kada je susrela predstavnika Irana.
Takav način fundamentalističkog ponašanja , vezanog za određenu percepciju religije i žene, duboko me uznemiruje, izjavila je.
Židovska zajednica je osudila odgovor belgijske ministrice, u židovskoj publikaciji "Joods Actueel", optužuvši je da " demonstrira ignoriranje"
"Odbijanje gospodina Litzmana, da se rukuje sa Ms Onkelinx nema ništa sa pogledom na žensku "nečistoću ( Impurity) - to je običaj. I političar treba biti unaprijed svjestan te senzibilnosti" rekao je urednik lista Michael Freilich.
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Numerous bloggers also posted about the "gaffe," the majority concluding “ignorance may not kill, but it’s not a reason to take umbrage with a stranger”.
This is not the first time that Onkelinx has courted controversy. A member of Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo’s ruling Francophone Socialist Party, she caused public outcry in Belgium’s fractured social-political climate in 2007, when she compared the majority Flemish population to a type of fungus that threatens the country. She also frequently came under-fire in her previous post as Minister of Justice for failing to prevent a mass prisoner escape in 2006, as well as prematurely granting release to notorious criminals.
Considered the most powerful woman in Belgian politics, the minister has frequently been touted as a future successor to Di Rupo.
Her slight of an Israeli minister is sure to rankle with a Belgian Jewish community still reeling from the recent decision by the Belgian government to join Austria as the only two EU member states to vote in favour of a UN-led investigation into West Bank settlement construction.
Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has repeatedly attempted to reassure Jewish community bodies of his intention to “improve relations, particularly academic and scientific, between Belgium and Israel”.
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