From Bert Anciaux’s website

"This is about 15 victims 14 of whom are small children. It shocks all of us. What also came to my mind were the hundreds of death children in the Gaza strip, also purposely killed by an aggressor without that aggressor being arrested. Here too death and violence have struck. That alone is also hell. A thunder strike out of the blue. A cry for help for every child."

Dear Mr Anciaux,

Referring to your statement above I consider this very irresponsible especially from someone in your position. I wonder why you make that comparison in the first place. It is totally out of place and despicable to use a drama, others have done the same during the remembrance speeches for the toddlers and their caretaker and maybe you thought it necessary to highlight it much more.

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I wonder what measures you use and based on what information you speak of and judge Israel and Gaza, or rather prejudge. Your words do not testify of thorough knowledge but rather of one sided, limited and faulty information which you seem to copy blindly.

During two years I have lived in Israel and have had firsthand knowledge of the situation there. This makes me feel more apt to talk about Israel and its population, more so than those who spent a few days or even weeks attending meetings in Israel or journalists whom during a limited stay send a little news to the world, or as government representatives from any State, or Europe, giving lopsided news.

From all the countries where I lived and had the opportunity to get to know the indigenous population from close by I can assure you that Israel has the most peace loving population. It is Israel which is always attacked, not the "others". Israel has the right to defend itself and its population. Every State has the duty to protect the safety of its inhabitants, or maybe you feel that Israel should have a self-destruct attitude?

To finish here is a quote I read recently:

"If all Muslims in the world would drop their weapons there would be no more war;

If Israel would drop its weapons there would be no Israel".

Best regards,

Maria Palemans.

To the Minister of Culture. (Oh yes, and of Youth.) – Bert Anciaux

 Dear Sir,

 For nearly three decades I have lived abroad. Away from the country of my birth. I was born in Flanders, and now for the past 3 years I have returned here.

All this time I was unable to use the language of my birth and it is not surprising therefore that I write to you in English as it is best suited to express myself.

You are telling us on your website that the people of Flanders are selfish and afraid of the unknown religions that swamp our country. In particular Islam.

Why shouldn’t we be? It has taken us centuries to get where we want to be and in those centuries we finally have freed ourselves from the yoke of organized religion and have moved on with great strides because of it. Now you want us to accept that another religion comes over here and as guests force us, the host country, to accept a backwards and dangerous theocracy. This religion is the greatest danger the western world has ever faced and if unchecked will force their outdated worldviews on us. Does it not worry you that they call our women whores when they dress in ways Islam does not accept? Is it not OUR country? Does it not worry you that most violent protests are perpetrated by this section of citizens? Do you not see that they have nothing but contempt for our laws, for our lifestyle, for our culture? You of all people as minister of culture should take action.

Do you as minister of culture want to preserve the inheritance of  our forefathers? Or would you rather roll over and surrender to a foreign influence who are trying to make sure that the western world will be dragged back into the middle ages? And this time, it will take a lot longer to climb out from that abyss.

Your fellow ministers have ensured that our own people have become second class citizens in their own country by threatening with fines and jail terms anyone who speaks out against this state of affairs. People are afraid to be branded racists because they disagree with this section of the population. Does it not worry you that known Islamic terrorists live amongst us and even draw welfare from the Belgian state? Will you ever wake up and admit that the two assassins who killed Shah Mashoud in Afghanistan just a day before 9/11 were two Islamic immigrants who had obtained Belgian citizenship because of  political cowards who bow to the Islamic worlds whims.

My Great-Grandfather fought in the trenches of WW1 and fought 4 years to save his beloved country. My Grandfather was forced into a concentration camp of the Nazis in WW2 as forced labor. Does their sacrifice mean nothing to you? If the answer is no, then you have my unbridled contempt. But what can we expect of a politician anyway besides cowardice, lies, and self-serving hypocrisy.

The people of this country have time and time again seen for themselves that Islamic youths kill, maim, rob, and disrupt this society and all they get for it is a slap on the wrist. We have our share of homegrown criminals, but it is a fact, and don’t even try to deny it, that our jails are filled to overflowing with people who use this country as a place to live but who show allegiance to another.

Why is it that they are allowed to import their struggles and wars over here and smash and burn parts of Antwerp and Brussels and other cities? We have nothing to do with what happens in Gaza. But on the news it was treated as if it was of no consequence.

Just a few days ago there was a march of 7000 of our citizens as a quiet protest against the horrors of the attack against a daycare center. Amazingly enough, not a single piece of property was destroyed during that march.

And we were treated to a nauseating spectacle of government ministers, yourself included, who exploited this tragedy for their own selfish political means.

This multicultural society you praise so highly and try to force on us is an abject failure. Why are Belgians called before a court if they mistreat their spouses but not them? Why is it accepted that they can get away with the unequal treatment of women while it clearly states in our laws that this is forbidden? Why are they allowed to chant Anti Jewish and Anti Christian Slogans without fear of prosecution, while if one of our own is even suspected of harboring such thoughts is hauled before court so fast his feet won’t even touch the ground?

Be a minister of Culture and put your money where your mouth is. It is OUR culture, not theirs. And if they can’t live with that they should leave. Tell them to use the option of free choice we provide. The choice to leave.

As Minister of Youth, finally do something you are paid for and either educate or punish these youths that terrorize our society. Ours as well as theirs.

Make no mistake, we are indeed heading to an “ours” and “theirs” society.

They are discriminating against us every hour of every day. Using our women as toys while prohibiting our own people from associating with theirs.

It has become clear to me in the span of a few years that anyone in Belgian politics is not at all interested in solving our peoples problems but instead are only in filling their pockets and freeloading at our expense.

It is true that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is also FACT that most terrorist actions are perpetrated by Muslims. It is FACT that the majority of terrorist organizations on the blacklist are Muslim. Do you care to deny that? You and your ilk have lost touch not only with reality but with the very people you claim to represent, your countrymen and women.

Let me be perfectly clear here. You do NOT tell me what to do, you do Not tell me who to like, you do NOT tell me how to live my own life. I am who I am and I will always say it as I see it, and not you nor these bunch of incompetents in government will EVER silence me. You are welcome to try. You know where to find me.

Dirk Vermeulen