Posts Tagged: Belgium Israel
European Jewish Leaders Demand EU Action After Belgian Police Raid Mohels’ Homes, Raising Religious Freedom Concerns
Dozens of European Jewish leaders are calling on the European Union to take action against Belgium over recent police raids on the homes of several...
Anti-Israel Belgian PM Trounced in Election
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, one of Europe's staunchest critics of Israeli policy, resigned from office on Monday after suffering a crushing blow in...
Visits by EU Leaders to Israel Highlight Growing Divisions in Brussels Over War in Gaza
Visits to Israel by European Union leaders during the last week have illuminated the growing divide in the bloc over the extent of its support...
Belgium Upgrades Palestinian Diplomatic Status
JNS.org - Belgium is upgrading the status of the Palestinian Authority's diplomatic representation in Brussels from "general delegation" to "mission." "The raising [of status]...
Anti-Semitism in Belgium Hits New High
I have devoted numerous columns of late to the tsunami of anti-Semitism sweeping throughout Western Europe, noting that aside from the frenziedly anti-Semitic Islamic extremists,...
Report: Anti-Semitism Keystone of Belgian School Curriculum
JNS.org - The Belgian Ministry of Education has been supplying primary school teachers with anti-Semitic material through the state-funded Special Committee for Remembrance Education,...
Israel’s Davis Cup Team Fined 10,000 Euros for Refusing to Play on Yom Kippur
In the world of organized sports, religion and athletics can often collide. The Israeli female lacrosse team, for example, recently announced it would skip an...
Israeli Man, Girlfriend Reportedly Kidnapped in Sinai Peninsula
An Israeli man and European woman have been kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. According to reports, the man and woman, who some reports say is from...
Unilateral Action at the UN is Counter-Productive for the Peace Process
An American website has leaked an official document from the Observer Mission of Palestine to the UN, which reveals a plan to seek to upgrade...
