BelgiumGaza aid worker whose death sparked Israel-Belgium diplomatic incident suspected of being Hamas fighterAbdallah Nabhan was an employee of Belgian state-run development agency EnabelBy Mark Wood2 min read
FootballBelgian mayor blocks Israeli football club from playing Europa League on ‘safety grounds’The Israeli embassy in Belgium has offered to assist with security to ensure the match can go aheadBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
European UnionEuropean Jewish groups open circumcision training programme amid legal crackdownThe new scheme teaches mohelim medical and sanitary techniques required to comply with local licensing rulesBy Canaan Lidor2 min read
BelgiumBelgian Jewish group suing government and national rail operator over death camp deportationsThe Belgian state has previously accepted that authorities were complicit in carrying out the HolocaustBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read
By Yohan BenizriThe indictment of three mohels makes Belgium toxic for Jews. It could happen elsewhereThe work of protecting religious freedom in Europe is, in the first instance, the work of building and defending the institutions that prevent the air from thinning for minorities3 min read
Circumcision Belgium indicts three mohalim in ‘illegal circumcision’ caseProsecutors claim the men performed the procedure without proper medical oversight, but the decision has been condemned by both Israel and the USBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
BelgiumFrancesca Albanese awarded honorary doctorate, despite objections from Jewish groupsThe lawyer previously appeared to justify violent resistance against IsraelBy Jamie Shapiro3 min read
Explosion at Belgian synagogue was ‘violent act of antisemitism’, mayor saysPolice are investigating the blast, which shattered some of the windows of the Synagogue de LiègeBy JC Reporter1 min read||March 9, 2026 09:39
Belgian government comments on circumcision row ‘misleading’An adverse ruling in the probe into Antwerp mohalim – denounced by the US ambassador as antisemitic – could be ‘weaponised’ to ban brit milah, says Jewish community leaderBy Simon Rocker2 min read||February 20, 2026 11:55
Belgium blocks citizens living in Israeli settlements from consular servicesThousands of Belgians living beyond the pre-1967 Green Line are now unable to have their passports issued or renewedBy Rob Hyde1 min read||January 15, 2026 13:24
Belgian festival cancels performance by celebrated German orchestra over Israeli conductorOrganisers in Ghent said they had ‘chosen to refrain from collaboration with partners who have not distanced themselves unequivocally’ from Israel’s actions in GazaBy Hannah Levene1 min read||September 11, 2025 14:48
Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at UN meeting next weekThe move will only go into effect once Hamas is removed from power and the remaining hostages are releasedBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||September 2, 2025 10:28
Palestinian activist loses right to asylum in BelgiumKhatib has been accused of supporting proscribed terror groupsBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read||August 8, 2025 10:35
Belgian MP Darya Safai who escaped Iran ‘torture’ prison reveals IRGC abduction plotBelgian MP Darya Safai, who fled the Islamic Republic 25 years ago, talks to the JC in an exclusive interview about her fight against the Islamic Republic and how important it is for the world to side with IsraelBy Jamie Shapiro5 min read||August 6, 2025 17:17
Two IDF soldiers arrested at Belgian music festival following ‘war crimes’ allegationThe pair were detained by federal police while attending Tomorrowland and are now the subjects of a criminal investigationBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||July 21, 2025 14:37
Pro-Palestine activists ‘re-enact October 7’ during ‘resistance festival’The bizarre street theatre performance seemingly showed the IDF exclusively killing civilians, while presenting Hamas as heroicBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||June 9, 2025 10:46
