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Belgium deploys soldiers in Brussels and Antwerp to protect Jewish sites after multiple antisemitic attacks this month, including a synagogue explosion in Liège, officials said.
- On March 23, 2026, Belgian army personnel began patrolling streets in Antwerp, Belgium, and Brussels, Belgium to bolster security for the Jewish community after antisemitic attacks.
- Authorities said the deployment followed this month’s explosion at a Liege synagogue, an arson in Rotterdam, and an explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, with Dutch police arresting five suspects aged 17 to 19.
- Belgian authorities said the operation will be coordinated with federal police to secure Jewish sites including synagogues and schools, deploying soldiers in three phases starting in Brussels and Antwerp, then Liege.
- Regional incidents and warnings have heightened concern across Europe as Norwegian investigators branded an Oslo U.S. embassy bombing earlier this month terrorism and rights advocates warned of wider threats after the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran.
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Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said Tuesday that the country will not wait for someone to be injured in another anti-Semitic attack, and soldiers will be deployed to guard Jewish community institutions.
Since Monday, heavily armed soldiers have been patrolling the streets of Brussels and Antwerp. Their main mission is to protect Jewish schools, synagogues and community centres. It is a security-policy revelation oath that shows how far the continent has capitulated before the imported hatred of Jews. The Belgian government is responding with drastic measures to the deteriorating threat situation for the Jewish population in the country. Initial…
Belgium Deploys Soldiers to Guard Jewish Sites After String of Anti-Semitic Attacks
Belgian soldiers began patrolling the streets of Brussels and Antwerp on March 24 to reinforce security at Jewish community sites in the wake of what officials said were a series of anti-Semitic incidents in Belgium and the Netherlands. The deployment follows an explosion outside a synagogue in the Belgian city of Liège on March 9. Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin described the attack as a “vile antisemitic act that directly targeted Be…
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