Tag: Belgium
Relatives of victims seek Holocaust compensation from Belgium’s railway
Descendants of Holocaust victims in Belgium are pressing the country’s railway company SNCB to compensate them for its role in the deportations of Jews during the Holocaust, following the examples of France and the...
Belgian high court hears lawsuit against kosher slaughter ban
Belgium’s Constitutional Court heard a lawsuit against laws passed by two of the country’s largest regional governments, banning kosher and halal slaughter.
It was brought by the Belgian Federation of Jewish Organizations (CCOJB), the representative...
Israeli entity demands action after Belgian soccer fans chant anti-Semitic slogans
Soccer fans in Belgium chanted anti-Semitic slogans, including ones about the burning of Jews, during a recent match in the city of Bruges, prompting an Israeli lawfare organization to take action.
Footage published by La Derniere...
European Jewish Congress calls for strict action against anti-Semitic soccer fans
In response to fans at soccer games engaging in anti-Semitic activity, such as singing an offensive song about Jews, the European Jewish Congress called on Thursday for professional leagues to take stricter action.
Supporters of...
Vandals in Belgium damage Holocaust memorial
Vandals damaged a Holocaust memorial in the Belgian city of Ghent, some 50 kilometers west of Brussels, on the eve of a Kristallnacht (“Night of the Broken Glass”) commemoration.
The so-called Michaël Lustig monument, in...
Belgium cuts PA funding with one hand, rewards with the other
Belgium has announced that it has “enhanced” the diplomatic status of the PLO representation in Brussels. Formerly only granting diplomatic status to the head of mission, Belgium has now granted this to an additional...
80th Kristallnacht anniversary: ‘Jewish people should not have to question their future in Europe’
BRUSSELS—“Jewish people should never again have to ask themselves whether they or their children have a future in the European Union,” declared First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and Věra Jourová—a...
Belgian minister: ‘We have to combat anti-Semitism with all possible forces’
”We carry the Jewish community in our hearts and will never allow that you become the target of blind violence,” said Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Jan Jambon in an address to...
Mogherini: ‘No move of EU representation to Jerusalem until final status of city resolved’
BRUSSELS —“The European Union has a clear, consolidated position on Jerusalem, which was reaffirmed in numerous Foreign Affairs Council conclusions. The E.U. will continue to respect the international consensus on Jerusalem embodied in, inter...
Prime Minister Charles Michel declares: ‘Belgium without Jews is not Belgium’
At a ceremony on Wednesday marking Israel’s 70th anniversary, held at the Great Synagogue in Brussels, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel declared that “Belgium without Jews is not Belgium.”
In his address, Michel emphasized the...