Posted on 02/01/21
| News Source: i24
'We are talking about a pillar of the Jewish religious commandments, and there is no room for compromise'
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on European leaders to block the European Union Court of Justice's (EUJC) decision to uphold a ban on ritual slaughter.
Netanyahu wrote a letter that went out to the leaders of Poland, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, France, the office of the EU presidency, and the president of the European Council, Israel Hayom reported.
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Netanyahu reached out after Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich asked for his assistance following an EU court ruling that upheld Belgium's ban on kosher slaughter.
"This decision threatens Jews' freedom of religion across Europe. Jewish leaders in Europe and heads of Jewish institutions have expressed shock and this ruling and its harmful ramifications for the continuance of Jewish life in the European Union," he wrote. Read more at i24