2026年2月17日 / 美国东部时间上午11:54 / CBS新闻
周二，比利时政府召见美国驻比利时大使比尔·怀特（Bill White）进行磋商，此前他指控比利时存在反犹主义，干涉了一起涉及三名犹太宗教人士的案件，这些人涉嫌在未经该国要求的医学培训的情况下进行传统割礼。
比利时外交大臣马克西姆·普雷沃（Maxime Prévot）称美国外交官的指控是”危险的虚假信息”，并要求怀特尊重比利时机构和该国法院的独立性，还补充说，人身攻击和干涉违反了外交规范。
比利时公共广播公司VRT报道，安特卫普市当局正在调查三名男子，他们被指控在未经医学培训的情况下进行割礼。安特卫普警方的一份声明称，当地当局在5月对这三人的住所进行了搜查。
怀特周一在社交媒体上发文，称这项调查是”反犹主义骚扰”，并呼吁该国卫生部长立即”制定法律条款，允许犹太宗教割礼师（mohels）在比利时履行其职责”。
（图片说明：2026年2月17日，美国驻比利时大使比尔·怀特在布鲁塞尔比利时外交部的会议后接受媒体采访。Marius Burgelman/BELGA MAG/Belga/AFP/Getty）
割礼师（mohel）是执行传统割礼的犹太宗教官员，通常没有任何正式医学培训。这种做法在美国任何地方都没有被禁止，尽管该传统中一些风险较高的方面在有大量正统犹太社区的地区引起了争议。
怀特在X平台（原推特）的帖子中表示：”这在所有文明国家都是合法程序。比利时是一个文明国家。停止在安特卫普和比利时对犹太社区进行这种不可接受的骚扰。现在是2026年了，你们需要进入21世纪，允许我们在比利时的犹太家庭合法行使宗教自由！”
比利时外交大臣普雷沃在X平台的帖子中回应：”任何暗示比利时存在反犹主义的说法都是错误的、冒犯性的且不可接受的。比利时以最大的坚定谴责反犹主义。打击反犹主义以及所有形式的仇恨和歧视是我国的绝对优先事项。将比利时贴上反犹主义的标签不仅是错误的，而且是危险的虚假信息，会破坏对仇恨的真实斗争。”
怀特在另一篇帖子中回击普雷沃：”仅仅说我们’遵守法律’和’我们没有反犹主义’是不行的。在这种情况下，这两者不可能都是真的。”
怀特表示，他将访问安特卫普的三名被指控男子，并要求比利时卫生部长与他同行。
普雷沃表示，比利时法律”允许由合格医生在严格的健康和安全标准下进行宗教割礼”，并补充说，他不会对正在进行的调查发表评论。
Belgium accuses U.S. ambassador of disinformation for claims of antisemitism over circumcision case
February 17, 2026 / 11:54 AM EST / CBS News
Belgium’s government summoned U.S. Ambassador Bill White for consultations on Tuesday after he accused the country of antisemitism, intervening in a case involving three Jewish religious figures suspected of carrying out traditional circumcisions without the medical training required in the country.
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot called the American diplomat’s allegations “dangerous disinformation” and demanded that White respect Belgian institutions and the independence of the country’s courts, and added that personal attacks and interference broke diplomatic norms.
Belgian public broadcaster VRT reported that authorities were investigating three men in the city of Antwerp accused of performing circumcisions without medical training. Local authorities conducted searches of the three men’s homes in May, according to a statement from the Antwerp Police.
White, in a social media post on Monday, labelled the investigation antisemitic harassment and called on the country’s health minister to immediately “make a legal provision to allow Jewish religious MOHELS to perform their duties here in Belgium.”
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White talks to media after a meeting at the Belgian foreign ministry in Brussels, Feb. 17, 2026. Marius Burgelman/BELGA MAG/Belga/AFP/Getty
A mohel is a Jewish religious official who performs traditional circumcisions, often without any formal medical training. The practice is not banned anywhere in the U.S., though some higher-risk aspects of the tradition have caused controversy in areas with large Orthodox Jewish communities.
“It’s done in all civilized counties [sic] as legal procedure. BELGIUM is a civilized country. Stop this unacceptable harassment of the Jewish community here in Antwerp and in Belgium,” White said in his post on X. “It’s 2026, you need to get into the 21st century and allow our brethren Jewish families in Belgium to legally execute their religious freedoms!”
“Any suggestion that Belgium is antisemitic is false, offensive, and unacceptable. Belgium condemns antisemitism with the greatest firmness. The fight against antisemitism, and all forms of hatred and discrimination, is an absolute priority for our country,” Prévot said in her own post on X. “Labeling Belgium as antisemitic is not just wrong, it’s dangerous disinformation that undermines the real fight against hatred.”
White shot back with another post, responding to Prévot that, “it’s not ok to simply say we ‘follow the law’ and ‘we are not antisemitic’. Both of those things can’t be true in this case.”
White said he would visit the three accused men in Antwerp, and he asked Belgium’s minister of health to join him.
Prévot said Belgian law “permits ritual circumcision when performed by a qualified physician under strict health and safety standards,” adding that he would not comment on an ongoing investigation.
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