Een Andere Joodse Stem members, together with Anti-Zionist Jewish Alliance in Belgium and the coalition European Jews for Palestine, joined other solidarity groups and NGOs on Monday, June 23, in demanding the suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement, until Israel complies with international law. The protest was held in front of the gathering of all EU foreign ministers in Brussels. We support the words of the Spanish foreign minister Albares:

On June 15, along with more than 100,000 people, EAJS was on the streets of Brussels to say no to genocide, no to apartheid and occupation. We called for sanctions and an end to the EU Association Agreement with Israel.

On June 5, EAJS participated in a protest at the Belgian Foreign Ministry, along with UPJB and AJAB.

Henri Heimans speaks at an event organized by SOS Gaza on the 20th of May.

” Shachar is closely involved with the organization Another Jewish Voice, whose members will join in the national demonstration against the genocide and for Palestine in the streets of Brussels on Sunday.

Itamar Shachar believes that the only solution to stop this genocide is an intervention by the international community. He therefore considers the resolution approved by the federal government a step in the right direction. Although he also has his reservations.

Catherine Bailey Glickman is a project manager for an NGO. She is active in the Belgian Jewish community, including as a member of Een Andere Joodse Stem. She published an opinion piece in De Morgen on 7 May 2025.

“If we criminalize protests against the abuses in Israel because they touch a sensitive political nerve, what will be left of our democratic culture?”

Opinion piece by EAJS member Fenya Fischler on the instrumentalization of antisemitism and the fight against the far right in Flanders.

The trial against Schild & Vrienden, in which they are accused of negationism, racial hatred, and discrimination, was concluded at the Ghent Court of Appeal last Tuesday, 1 April. This case illustrates how deeply racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia were embedded in the daily interactions of this Flemish nationalist and far-right student group. This should not surprise us: similar groups have been flirting with anti-Semitism openly and behind closed doors for a long time.

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In early April we hosted showings of the documentary No Other Land at Cinema Galeries in Brussels, Budascoop in Kortrijk, and the European Parliament, with the presence of director Basel Adra. EAJS and European Jews for Palestine member Itamar Shachar spoke at the European Parliament event. To view some of the speeches at the European Parliament event, see our Instagram post.

These events were organized in cooperation with European Jews for Palestine, Broederlijke Delen, and Entraide & Fraternite.

Civil society organisations and associations call on Belgium to advocate for a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, and oppose any upgrading of relations with Israel as long as that country continues to commit systematic violations of international law and human rights.

Signed by several organisations.

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