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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.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
ARCHBISHOP LUC Terlinden and Brussels Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui.
An illustrative image of a number of European Union member states' flags leading up to the EU flag at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

European Union calls for moratorium on military strikes in Middle East on energy, water facilities

The leaders called for reinforcing the bloc's existing Red Sea naval mission, Aspides and counter-piracy naval mission Atalanta in the Horn of Africa.

|ByREUTERS
European Union, Israeli and German flags flutter near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, September 5, 2022

Europe struggles to matter in a chaotic Middle East today - opinion

Once a key player, Europe now risks being viewed as a marginal player in the Middle East.

|BySHARON PARDO
Hamas police officers stand guard, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 11, 2025; illustrative.

European Union explores possible support for new Gaza administration committee

"The EU is engaging with the newly established transitional governance structures for Gaza," the European External Action Service wrote in a document circulated to member states.

|ByREUTERS

Netanyahu in Brussels: Recognizing Jerusalem as capital can promote peace

“It doesn't obviate peace, it makes peace possible, because recognizing reality is the substance of peace, the foundation of peace.”

DECEMBER 11, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Netanyahu and EU foreign policy chief Mogherini brief the media in Brussels

Defiant Netanyahu travels to ‘lion’s den’

Cold receptions are expected in Brussels and Paris after Trump's Jerusalem decision.

DECEMBER 10, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife Sarah Netanyahu boarding the flight to Paris France

Chief Rabbi of Brussels: There is no future for Jews in Europe

Synagogues in Belgian capital closed on Shabbat for the first time since World War Two, Rabbi Avraham Gigi tells Israel's radio 103 FM.

NOVEMBER 23, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Belgian soldiers and a police officer control the documents of a woman in a shopping street in central Brussels, November 21, 2015