Belgium

Diplomatic insurance is not a strategy - opinion

Technological excellence alone cannot sustain cooperation. Politics matters, and Israel needs to take it seriously.

David Saranga.jpg - David Saranga, head of the Digital Division of Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
An ITA Airways Airbus A-320 plane bound for Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport takes off from the Belgian capital's Zaventem airport on March 08, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.

Wave of bomb threats causes emergency landings for several flights across Europe

A handful of Swedish supermarkets saw temperatures in their refrigerators and freezers soar early November 2, 2026, two chains said, forcing them to throw away spoiled food three weeks after a similar incident in France attributed to hackers.

Cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe, one month after similar incident in France

Protesters stand in front of Lyon’s tourism office set on fire during a demonstration to protest against the ‘high cost of living,’ in Lyon last week.

France must confront antisemitism before its institutions become targets - opinion


The real threat behind Europe’s crackdown on brit milah - opinion

As Europe scrutinizes brit milah, Jewish communities must defend religious freedom without surrendering tradition.

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To save brit milah, it's time to end a controversial circumcision practice - opinion

Protecting brit milah means separating the covenant from a risky practice that Jewish law does not require.

US AMBASSADOR to Belgium Bill White shows an image of a ritual circumcision, in Brussels.

Belgium's ban on ritual circumcision is the same as making Jews second-class citizens - editorial

If Jews are being harassed in the street, synagogues are being attacked, and Israel is regularly delegitimized, then why do Jews want to live there?

A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace

Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic, Jewish leaders say

Jewish leaders said that prosecuting mohels was “antisemitic in nature, reminiscent of efforts taken in Europe against Jewish practice prior to the Second World War.”

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Jewish community was top target of extremist threats in Belgium in 2025

Belgium’s threat analysis body said Islamist extremism remained the largest threat category, while Jewish groups were the most common target in 2025.

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

Delegitimization in action: EU’s distorted narrative on settler violence - comment

Europe can criticize Israel, just as Israel can criticize Europe. But when that criticism crosses the line into moral distortion, it loses credibility.

View of the settlement of Sa-Nur in the West Bank, April 19, 2026.

Hamas’s grip on Gaza weakens as the people rise against their oppressors - opinion

Analysts believe Hamas may now be facing its most serious internal challenge since taking control of Gaza nearly two decades ago.

Humanitarian aid is airdropped over Gaza as seen from northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025

Belgium indicts two mohels, citing sufficient evidence of 'bodily harm with premeditation'

The two men involved will appear before the pre-trial chamber on 18 June, behind closed doors. The pre-trial chamber will then decide whether to refer the case to the criminal court.

Jewish men pray in a Belgian synagogue.

Brussels church apologizes for 1370 blood libel, removes antisemitic stained glass window

In an event on Wednesday last week, Archbishop Luc Terlinden and Brussels Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui, unveiled a plaque in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula recognizing the antisemitism.

ARCHBISHOP LUC Terlinden and Brussels Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui.

Chikli urges Jewish students to leave Belgian universities over Albanese honorary degree

The Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry published a brief that examined Albanese's conduct, calling it "fundamentally incompatible" with the responsibilities of her role.

Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on December 24, 2025.