Freilich contradicts that the Jewish neighborhood in Antwerp feels unsafe. “Because of the numerous efforts of each town council and the mayor (N-VA chairman Bart De Wever, ed.), and partly because of my insistence on federal assist, no important incidents have been reported lately,” he says.
Freilich finds it “unacceptable” that Vlaams Belang continues to assist and reward figures comparable to Dries Van Langenhove, “whereas he consistently brazenly demonizes Jews on social media.”
Antwerp district councilor Samuel Markowitz (Open VLD) additionally doubts that Vlaams Belang has a tacitly giant Jewish assist base in Antwerp. “Some could also be pleased with what that get together says within the discipline of Overseas Affairs, however if you speak about positions on our nation – and that is what it is all about – nobody within the Jewish neighborhood is sympathetic to Vlaams Belang.”
