Two sanitation workers in Brussels are accused of chanting for the death of Jewish politician

After Brussels’ sanitation workers purportedly chanted for the death of a Jewish Belgian politician, Viviane Teitelbaum, on Tuesday, the parliament member told The Jerusalem Post on Saturday that she and a friend had filed a complaint with the police and are further filing a complaint for action before a judge.

Two workers for the Bruxelles-Propreté – Brussels regional agency for public sanitation – allegedly yelled, “Death to Viviane” three times as they passed an election poster displaying Teitelbaum at her friend’s Uccle garden.

The resident told the European Jewish Congress (EJC) that three others heard the calls for death as well. The workers reportedly drove away before the witnesses could record the employees’ license numbers.

Bruxelles-Propreté related that a disciplinary investigation was launched and if the incident was confirmed, the company would take “the strictest disciplinary measures.”

Teitelbaum tied the calls for her death to her work "at the forefront of the fight against antisemitism."

Rising antisemitism

Teitelbaum tied the calls for her death to her work as being “at the forefront of the fight against antisemitism.”“I have been at the receiving end of many antisemitic insults and threats – even death threats, for many years,” said Teitelbaum.

"Since October 7, there has been an increase in the number and intensity of the insults. I have been physically attacked and threatened as well as other Jewish women during the March for women’s rights on the 8th of March."

Uccle MP Aurelie Czekalski said Thursday on social media that she was shocked by the death threats, and called for the condemnation and investigation of the “acts of hatred and antisemitism.