Belgium

Muslims must reject hateful teachings or leave Belgium, MP tells ‘Post’ - interview

Belgian Vlaams Belang Party MP Sam van Rooy says he is constantly disappointed by other politicians who "talk about Israel obsessively, but don't really know what they're talking about."

Member of the Chamber of Representatives (Sam van Rooy ask a question during a plenary session in the Chamber of Representatives in the Palace of the Nation on January 23, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium
A woman waves a flag as demonstrators take part in a protest under the slogan 'Greenland is for Greenlanders' in front of the US Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 14, 2026.

Denmark refuses to consider its own two-state solution, yet preaches one for Israel - opinion

Six stabbed, four arrested at Kurdish rally in Antwerp, Belgium, January 23, 2026.

Six stabbed during Kurdish rally in Antwerp, four suspects arrested

Driving (Illustrative photo)

Belgian 12-year-old caught driving in place of drunk father while sober mother sat in back seat


Belgians sniff, ingest, or inject between seven and eleven times more ketamine than in 2012

Over the course of a decade, researchers observed up to eleven times more residues of ketamine.

 Ketamine use soars in Belgium: University of Antwerp Toxicology Center sounds alarm. Illustration.

Hind Rajab Foundation files complaint against Gideon Sa'ar to ICC before Brussels visit

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar is scheduled to visit Brussels in a few days as part of his diplomatic work.

 Gideon Sa'ar, Foreign Affairs Minister, March 28, 2024.

Belgium has a new government. What does it mean for the Jewish community and Israel? - opinion

Jews in Belgium look forward to the change as they are united in their concern for Israel's security and hostages' fate.

 Students take part in a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the Israeli Embassy in Brussels, Belgium May 30, 2024.

Amichai Chikli cancels plans to Belgium over legal, security threats

The decision came from fears that pro-Palestinian organizations might file a legal motion for his arrest upon arrival in Belgium.

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2024.

Belgium's railway should apologize but not pay for sending Jews to Nazi death camps - gov. report

A member of the commission, who is a child of Holocaust survivors, said the report "does not honor the memory of thousands of Jews.”

 THE FRONT GATE of Auschwitz carries the infamous phrase: ‘Arbeit macht frei.’ The writer states: ‘Perhaps we as Jews are less alone in our grief than we may fear.’

Belgium’s railway Holocaust report criticized for failing survivors

In a statement, WJRO President Gideon Taylor and COO Mark Weitzman called the omission a failure to address SNCB’s moral responsibility.

President of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, Gideon Taylor

Belgian film festival nixes Palestinian trans documentary over anti-Israel threats

The Cinemamed Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival announced last Wednesday that it would not be screening Yolande Zauberman's The Belle from Gaza.

People take part in a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas continues, in Brussels, Belgium, November 11, 2023.

Belgian state held accountable for colonial-era abduction of mixed-race children

The ruling overturned a 2021 one that had determined that the case was time-barred.

Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Services and State-owned companies, Petra De Sutter is sworn in by Belgian King Philippe at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium October 1, 2020.

Israel National Team defeats Belgium 1-0, in first win of the campaign

Shua’s late strike lifts Ben Shimon & Co. to landmark Nations League conquest of Belgium

 ISRAEL TEAMMATES Daniel Peretz (left) and Raz Shlomo celebrate after the blue-and-white beat Belgium 1-0 late Sunday in Nations League action in Budapest.

Antwerp police arrest five, as fears of a 'Jew hunt' rise following calls to action on social media

After the Amsterdam pogrom, calls began to appear on social media for local youth to organize a jodenjacht (Jew hunt); five youths were administratively arrested and then released.

 Antwerp.