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Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne, center, celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Belgium and Denmark at the King Power stadium in Leuven, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.

3 min

Sport

Brussels won't host Belgium-Israel UEFA match due to security concerns

"The city of Brussels considers it impossible to organize a Belgium-Israel match in the King Baudouin Stadium," the statement read

Read time: 3 min.


Israel's Manor Solomon celebrates after scoring his side second goal against Albania during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Albania and Israel at Air Albania stadium in Tirana, Albanian, on Friday, June 10, 2022.

3 min

Sport

Belgium pauses ticket sales for Israel match due to security concerns

Israel's national team qualified for the top division of UEFA's Nations League after finishing first in their second-division group in the previous edition

Read time: 3 min.


Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo arrives for a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, April 18, 2024.

3 min

Europe

Belgian PM urges EU to consider trade sanctions on Israel

He highlighted the significant loss of life, including numerous children, during the war in Gaza, asserting that Europeans cannot afford to remain passive bystanders

Read time: 3 min.


Heba al-Haddad, à droite, et sa famille déplacée de la ville de Gaza, se tiennent dans un camp de tentes de fortune à Rafah, dans le sud de Gaza, le vendredi 29 mars 2024

2 min

Israel-Hamas war

Belgian aid worker and son killed in Gaza airstrike - report

Nabhan, a member of the Enabel agency, focused on supporting small businesses in Gaza

Read time: 2 min.


Argentina's President Javier Milei talks during the International Economic Forum of the Americas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3 min

Latin America

Argentina asks to join NATO as Milei quests for greater political role and investments

The step is seen as the right-wing government's attempt to boost ties with Western powers

Read time: 3 min.


Noa Kirel of Israel during the flag ceremony before during the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England.

3 min

Europe

Belgian ministers call for Israel's Eurovision exclusion amid Gaza war

Belgian Culture Minister Benedicte Linard and Flemish counterpart Benjamin Dalle have joined the growing chorus of voices advocating for Israel's exclusion

Read time: 3 min.


A forensic team and police officers investigate at the scene of a shooting in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024

2 min

Europe

Belgium arrests adult and three minors over alleged jihadist plot messages

The arrests occurred during police raids conducted in various cities including Brussels, Ninove, Charleroi, and Liege

Read time: 2 min.


FILE - European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium.

3 min

Europe

Hamas operating in Belgium via shell companies, Justice Minister confirms

Front companies for the terrorist organization set up next to European Commission and EU Council work unimpeded in lobbying and fundraising

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Les forces de police sur les lieux d'une attaque à l'arme à feu à Bruxelles en Belgique, le 16 octobre 2023

4 min

Culture

Stolen Chagall and Picasso artworks resurface in Antwerp after 14-year hunt

The priceless artwork was stolen in February 2010 from a Tel Aviv villa owned by the Herzikovich family

Read time: 4 min.


A woman holds a banner reading “Bring them home” during a demonstration calling for the release of Israeli hostages, outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the “Hostages Square” in Israel.

7 min

Israel-Hamas war

Solidarity rallies held from London to NYC as 136 hostages remain in Gaza for 100 days

Yellow piano in Berlin, thousands of protesters in London, 'Bring them home' message on the Austrian Parliament - the world is calling for hostages release

Read time: 7 min.


People gather during a national march against antisemitism organized by the CCOJB coordination of Jewish organization in Brussels, on December 10, 2023.

2 min

Europe

Around 4,000 march in Brussels against antisemitism

On the sideline of the rally, Ursula von der Leyen lit up one of the candles of a Hanukkah menorah set in front of the European Commission

Read time: 2 min.


Le ministre israélien des Affaires étrangères, Eli Cohen, montre une image d'un soldat israélien posant à côté d'une cache d'armes, trouvée à l'hôpital Rantisi à Gaza, à Genève, le 14 novembre 2023.

3 min

Diplomacy

Israeli FM says Belgium is 'turning a blind eye' on Hamas crimes

Eli Cohen criticized Belgian Parliament's decision not to show video of Hamas atrocities claiming it was 'Israeli propaganda'

Read time: 3 min.


The scene where the suspected perpetrator of the attack in Brussels was shot following a manhunt.

2 min

Europe

Terrorist behind Brussels attack on soccer fans shot dead by police

In an Arabic-language video, a man identifying himself as the attacker said 'he was inspired by the Islamic State'

Read time: 2 min.


Belgian Member of Parliament Michael Freilich

1 min

Europe

Belgian lawmaker decides to prove what’s in a name

Belgian's sole Jewish lawmaker bought the local Hamas domain in order to prevent it from being used by terror supporters

Read time: 1 min.


La police belge sécurise le lieu de l'attaque dans la ville de Charleroi au sud du pays, le 6 août 2016

2 min

Diaspora Affairs

Belgian security forces trained in Israel to fight antisemitism

This is the third delegation to come this year at the initiative of the Ministry of the Diaspora

Read time: 2 min.


Tehran mayor Alireza Zakani

3 min

Europe

Belgian official forced to resign after hosting Tehran mayor

The guest list at the Brussels Urban Summit also included two Russians

Read time: 3 min.


NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, during a two-day meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Defense Ministers.

2 min

Ukraine-Russia War

NATO chief says support for Ukraine makes difference on the battlefield

Ahead of a summit of NATO leaders in Lithuania's capital Vilnius next month, the alliance’s defense ministers are discussing long-term support for Ukraine

Read time: 2 min.


Belgian Manon Vandecasteele sits blindfolded in a cell during a protest action for her uncle Olivier Vandecasteele, who is imprisoned in Iran.

2 min

International

Oman announces prisoner exchange between Iran, Belgium

Brussels in turn announces that Iran freed jailed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele sentenced to 40 years in prison for spying

Read time: 2 min.


Belgian police officers stand guard in the Kazernelaan - Avenue des Casernes, in the district of Etterbeek, in Brussels, where Osama Krayem lived in 2016

3 min

Europe

Belgium arrests man suspected of Al Qaeda 'war crimes' in Iraq

The suspect is believed to have been part of an Al Qaeda cell 'partly responsible for several bombings in the Green Zone of Baghdad in 2009 and 2010'

Read time: 3 min.


The main actor of the Netflix series "Rough Diamonds," Kevin Janssens

3 min

Culture

Netflix show explores world of Belgian ultra-Orthodox diamond dealers

The show has placed itself in the top 10 of the most viewed non-English-speaking series in the world.

Read time: 3 min.


People hold placards of Olivier Vandecasteele, who is currently detained in Iran, during a demonstration in Brussels, Belgium.

2 min

Iran & Eastern States

Iran says prisoner swap with Belgium ‘finalized,’ Brussels denies

'This is a false message from a rogue state that specializes in making false statements... to manipulate and confuse an innocent compatriot and his family'

Read time: 2 min.


M. Georges Mayer

4 min

Europe

Georges Mayer receives French insignia of Commander of the National Order of Merit

'You have contributed in an invaluable way to the great causes of our time'

Read time: 4 min.


Shtisel

2 min

Culture

'Shtisel' spin-off 'Kugel' is in the works

The series will follow Nuchem and Libby in the years leading up to their move to the Mea Shearim neighborhood and will be set in Antwerp

Read time: 2 min.


Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a press conference at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, France.

2 min

War in Ukraine

Ukraine’s Zelensky heads to Brussels summit to plead for jets

‘The sooner Ukraine gets long-range heavy weaponry, the sooner our pilots get planes, the sooner this Russian aggression will end’

Read time: 2 min.


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