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Monday, July 21, 2025
Two Israelis at Tomorrowland festival briefly detained, questioned by Belgian police after activist group called for their arrest
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Two Israelis were briefly detained and questioned by Belgian police while attending the Tomorrowland festival in Belgium, Belgium’s public broadcaster reports, citing the federal prosecutor’s office, after a complaint was lodged against them by the Hind Rajab Foundation.
In its complaint, the anti-Israel group had alleged that the two were “responsible for grave international crimes, including war crimes and genocide” in the Gaza Strip
According to public broadcaster RTBF, the federal prosecutor’s office moved to detain the two Israelis after reviewing the Hind Rajab Foundation’s complaint and determining that it had the jurisdiction to do so based on a 2024 amendment to the Belgian Code of Criminal Procedure.
The men were detained by police, questioned, and then released, the report says.
It adds that the federal prosecutor’s office has declined to provide any more information on the matter at this time.
The Hind Rajab Foundation lauds the incident as a “turning point in the global pursuit of accountability.”
Launched in September 2024, the Hind Rajab Foundation has used social media posts by Israeli soldiers, officers and reservists to locate them in an attempt to have them arrested for alleged war crimes when they travel abroad.
The Times of Israel Community.