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Netherland's Foreign Minister David van Weel speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on December 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
March 17, 2026, 7:29 pm
Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says
Diaspora Ministry said Sunday that new terror group, which claimed responsibility for spate of attacks across Netherlands and Belgium, is believed to have ties to Iranian networks
By Reuters
Belgian police conduct their investigation outside a synagogue that was his by a blast overnight in Liege, Belgium, March 9, 2026. (John Thys/AFP)
March 9, 2026, 11:04 am
Synagogue in Belgium damaged in blast, no injuries; mayor: ‘Violent act of antisemitism’
Counter-terror police investigating Liege explosion; mayor says ‘there can be no question of importing external conflicts’; house of worship also serves as Jewish community museum
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2026, 5:01 pm
US ambassador to Belgium urges nation to drop charges over illegal circumcisions
Accusations against three mohels for acting without medical license are ‘antisemitic,’ Bill White says; European Commission also seeking a solution to impasse over Jewish ritual
By Zev Stub
Presiding judge Yuji Iwasawa, third right, opens the International Court of Justice hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
December 23, 2025, 8:54 pm
Belgium joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
Brussels files declaration of intervention at The Hague, but says move intended to clarify its interpretation of international law rather than fully back case against Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
David Draiman of Disturbed performs September 28, 2024, at Highland Festival Grounds in Louisville, Kentucky. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
October 11, 2025, 8:26 pm
Multiple concerts said canceled in Belgium, Turkey over performers’ Israel support
US metal band Disturbed and UK singer-songwriter Morrissey both have shows nixed, with reports saying images of their past visits to Israel were the reason
By ToI Staff
Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever (R) poses with Israeli conductor Lahav Shani (L) following his performance with a philharmonic orchestra in Essen, Germany, September 13, 2025. (Bart De Wever via X)
September 14, 2025, 3:16 am
Belgium PM attends concert of Israeli conductor disinvited by festival
De Wever makes trip to support Lahav Shani after Ghent festival organizers scrapped performance as he hadn’t ‘unequivocally’ distanced himself from Israel’s government
By AFP
People wave Palestinian flags as they march during an anti-Israel demonstration in the center of Brussels, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
September 8, 2025, 4:05 am
Tens of thousands march in anti-Israel protest in central Brussels
Rally comes a week after Belgium announces plans to recognize Palestinian state, unveils new sanctions against Jerusalem
By AFP and ToI Staff
Belgium's Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, February 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
September 5, 2025, 10:46 pm
Belgian FM says EU credibility on foreign policy ‘collapsing’ over Gaza war inaction
Prevot says decision on Palestinian state recognition, Israeli sanctions will send ‘strong political and diplomatic signal’ to Netanyahu’s government
By AFP and ToI Staff
Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening ceremony of the new Knesset museum, in Jerusalem on August 11, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Belgium's Prime Minister Bart de Wever attends a joint press conference with the German Chancellor (unseen) after bilateral talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on August 26, 2025. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
September 3, 2025, 6:58 pm
Netanyahu brands Belgian PM ‘weak’ for plans to recognize Palestinian state
Foreign Minister Sa’ar tells Belgian newspaper that Palestinian statehood is ‘not happening now’ as ‘this process can only be realistic when they change their attitude’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A doctor in Belgium was suspended after this diagnosis he allegedly wrote (pictured) indicated that a nine-year-old patient’s health problems related to her being Jewish. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
September 3, 2025, 1:04 pm
Belgian hospital suspends doctor after ‘Jewish’ medical diagnosis causes uproar
Doctor who allegedly wrote the case summary found to have posted dozens of antisemitic messages
By Zev Stub
Israel's Khadeen Carrington (3) goes for a bucket over teammate Tomer Ginat (41) and several Belgian defenders during a EuroBasket game in Katowice, Poland, on September 2, 2025. (fiba.basketball)
September 2, 2025, 8:43 pm
Israel seals spot in EuroBasket final 16 for the first time in a decade
Team led by NBA hoopster Deni Advija survives Belgium comeback bid, rises to group’s top spot following unexpected drubbing of France
By ToI Staff
Belgium's Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, February 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
September 2, 2025, 11:59 am
Belgium to recognize Palestinian state at UN General Assembly, impose sanctions on Israel
Move to be formalized when hostages freed, Hamas out of power; far-right ministers, violent settlers, Hamas leaders to be banned; Brussels will back moves to suspend EU-Israel cooperation
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: A swastika flag displayed in a showcase during the press preview at the new permanent exhibition of former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany, April 13, 2016.(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
August 2, 2025, 7:52 pm
Belgian politician apologizes after compromising photo shows him draped in Nazi flag
Nivelles town councillor says photograph of him in his underwear with flag around him was ‘crass mistake’ during a ‘far too drunken’ evening
By AFP
Israeli DJ Skazi performs at a protest against new COVID-19 restrictions, in Tel Aviv, July 25, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 26, 2025, 1:37 pm
Set by Israeli DJ at Belgian music festival nixed over ‘security considerations’
Cancellation of Skazi’s set at Tomorrowland’s 2nd weekend comes after two Israeli festival-goers were briefly detained there for alleged war crimes last week
By ToI Staff
The purple and white flag of the IDF's Givati brigade (L) and Israeli flags fly in the crowd at Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival, July 19, 2025 (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
July 21, 2025, 4:29 pm
2 Israelis briefly held in Belgium after activists urge their arrest for ‘war crimes’
Civilian and soldier, who were attending Tomorrowland festival, released after questioning; Hind Rajab Foundation says they were responsible for Gaza ‘genocide’
By Nava Freiberg
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