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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Belgium

A boy visiting the Kazerne Dossin Holocaust museum in Mechelen, Belgium, on December 22, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
January 23, 2025, 9:03 am
No need for Belgium’s railway to pay for sending Jews to death camps, panel finds
Government commission concludes Belgian National Railway Company should apologize for WWII transports; Holocaust restitution group pans outcome
By Shira Li Bartov
Belgian MP Michael Freilich speaking to an audience in a synagogue in Belgium. (Courtesy)
December 21, 2024, 3:02 pm
‘We are collateral damage’: Orthodox Belgian MP set to fight for the Jews of Europe
As the European Jewish Association’s first diplomatic envoy, Michael Freilich will go to battle as Jews’ and Muslims’ religious freedoms are systematically shrunk in the EU
By Zev Stub
Col. Moshe Tetro speaks during a briefing at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza on January 10, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
December 3, 2024, 11:25 pm
Pro-Palestinian group files war crimes complaint against new IDF attaché in Brussels
Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation claims Col. Moshe Tetro implemented policy of starvation as head of COGAT in Gaza; IDF rejects allegations, says ‘Tetro is highly respected’
By ToI Staff
Israel's Yarden Shua, right, celebrates after scoring his side's winning goal during the UEFA Nations League Group A2 soccer match between Israel and Belgium at the Bozsik Arena stadium in Budapest, Hungary, November 17, 2024. (Denes Erdos/AP)
November 18, 2024, 10:27 am
Last-gasp goal gives Israel 1-0 win over Belgium in Nations League soccer
Debutant Yarden Shua scores in 86th minute; national team still relegated from top tier, but victory celebrated as major achievement
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A view of jewelry belonging to victims as they sought refuge placed on the altar, as a memorial to the thousands who were killed during the 1994 genocide in and around the Catholic church, in Nyamata, Rwanda, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
June 11, 2024, 3:50 am
Man jailed in Belgium for 25 years over Rwandan genocide
Court finds Belgian-Rwandan Emmanuel Nkunduwimye guilty of war crimes and genocide for series of murders as well as the rape of a Tutsi woman
By AFP
People walk by banners hanging inside a window of an an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel students and activists at Ghent University, as students occupy parts of the campus in Ghent, Belgium, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
June 1, 2024, 8:32 pm
Belgian university severs ties with all Israeli academic and research institutions
Ghent University, which has been partly occupied by protesters against Israel, accuses the institutes of no longer aligning with its human rights policy amid Gaza war
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel students wave Palestinian flags and placards as they occupy Amsterdam University campus on May 6, 2024. (Nick Gammon / AFP)
May 6, 2024, 11:52 pm
Belgian, Dutch university students join pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests
University students in Amsterdam demand end to cooperation with Israel, while protest at Ghent’s university to last until Wednesday
By Reuters
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan (L) and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell attend the World Economic Forum Special Meeting in Riyadh on April 28, 2024. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
April 30, 2024, 6:08 am
EU top diplomat: At least 5 countries expected to recognize Palestinian state in May
Bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says countries include Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia and Malta, as Arab and European officials discuss end to Gaza conflict in Riyadh
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators hold signs and wave flags during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally in Brussels on January 21, 2024. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
April 15, 2024, 10:30 pm
Belgium pushes to expel controversial Palestinian activist ‘hate preacher’
Mohammed Khatib leads Palestinian group already banned in Germany for its actions praising and celebrating Hamas’s October 7 attacks
By Agencies
Belgian Police patrol the Grand Place in central Brussels, October 17, 2023. (Martin Meissner/AP)
March 3, 2024, 1:10 pm
Belgian police arrest adult, 3 minors over jihadist plot messages
Federal prosecutor’s office says probe showed four suspects were planning an attack
By AFP
Players of Maccabi Haifa observe a minute of silence for the victims of Hamas attack, before the Europa League group F soccer match between Maccabi Haifa and Villarreal, at AEK arena stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
January 19, 2024, 1:33 pm
Maccabi Haifa-KAA Gent match in Belgium to be played without fans over riot fears
A spokesperson for Mayor Mathias De Clercq says ‘serious problems’ are expected at February 21 game in Ghent amid tensions over Israel-Hamas war
By AP
US Central Command forces, in coordination with the United Kingdom, and support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Bahrain, conduct joint strikes on hostile Houthi targets, January 11, 2024 (US Central Command / X)
January 12, 2024, 5:17 pm
Iran, Russia decry Houthi strikes; Erdogan: US, UK want to turn Red Sea into bloodbath
China expresses concerns over potential escalation; Jordan: ‘Israeli aggression on Gaza’ to blame; France, Belgium vows to continue working to halt attacks on shipping by Yemen group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Belgian Police patrol the Grand Place in central Brussels, October 17, 2023. (Martin Meissner/AP)
January 11, 2024, 3:00 pm
Belgian police stop bus after passenger reports hearing talk of planned terror attack
Vehicle coming from France pulled over, three people arrested and all passengers questioned
By AFP
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (L) and Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (R) hold a joint press conference on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, in the north eastern Sinai province, on November 24, 2023. (AFP)
November 25, 2023, 3:43 am
Israel to summon Spanish, Belgian envoys after appearance at Rafah crossing
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo hold press conference at Egyptian side of crossing ahead of release of abductees from Gaza
By AP and ToI Staff
Police officers onboard motorbikes stand guard outside the King Baudouin Stadium after two Swedes were shot dead in an attack in Brussels on October 16, 2023. (John Thys/AFP)
October 25, 2023, 9:57 pm
Palestinian arrested in Brussels for talk about planning a suicide bombing
Incident comes week after Belgium raised terror threat to highest level and as Jews across Europe and the US report increase in antisemitic attacks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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