Belgium refuses to host Israel soccer match, citing security fears

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/belgium-refuses-to-host-israel-soccer-match-citing-security-fears/

by giuliomagnifico

35 comments

  1. With anti-semitism on the rise, and amounts of islamists, it’s a valid fear.

  3. France-Italy-Belgium and Israel in a group together wtf?

  5. Maybe addressing the reason they have security concerns could be useful, no?

  6. Heckler’s Veto should not result in submission to the heckler.

  7. >Concerns were likely raised by the attack in Brussels in October in which an Islamist gunman killed two Swedish football fans before a Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden.

    Belgium: Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

    Yup everything is ALRIGHT in Belgium.

  8. Sorry we cant control our citizens so we just gave up and let them do whatever they want.

  9. Well thats your fault then belgium. 0-3 win for israel pls UEFA.

  13. I don’t even like football but it’s an absolutely pathetic decision by a spineless government

  15. The real terrorism here is calling football “soccer”

  16. Un altro esempio di come sia pacifico l’islam.

  19. Belgium admitting that they can’t protect their citizens.

    Is it:

    1. honesty?

    2. cowardice?

    3. a fake excuse?

  20. This may be a bad idea… even from a security-POV. This demonstrates that Europe/Belgium/uefa can be pressured by terrorist threats…. potentially an invitation.

    Unless they’re banning Israel from all sporting events & whatnot forever, they’re just increasing future threats. Once “Belgium does not host Israel team” is established… pro-palestinian politicians, activists and “activitsts” will see this as a gain that can’t be conceded.

    Some things are a bad idea to concede.

  22. “Security fears” as in the Muslims will go bananas and destroy public infrastructure and possibly injure some civilians.

  23. The Europeans on this sub who are pro-israeli, I think of as fascist.

    At least the European Jews lived for almost a millennium in Europe, but you couldn’t give them a country.

    You would cry and cry us other people a river how unfair that is, if we right now took a part of your country to populate it with Jews. Of course you’re not opposed to Israel, because it is far away and pretty much pulled most of the Europeans Jews. LMAO.

  24. This happened with Ireland during the Troubles on occasion. Some teams from the UK never travelled there because they couldn’t guarantee their safety 

  26. Good. Israel should be made a pariah of the world the same way apartheid South Africa was, and Russia currently is.

  28. Zionist bots seething in this comment section damn 🤣

  29. I am really concerned that the next world war will involve a new European continent wide genocide, this time against Muslims and descendants of non-white immigrants. It’s actually terrifying.

    The people doing these terrorist attacks are a minority and they need to be careful.

  30. They also need to address the human rights clause in the EU-Israel association agreement. No country wants to be associated with what’s going on in Gaza and the years of war crimes tribunals and holocaust reports to come.

  32. They realise how much Israel is hated so are avoiding the booing that’s going to happen.

  33. Fuck Israel, you will be booed out of every country. You should be isolated like Russia.

  34. Counter Strike: Terrorists Win

    Maybe Belgium should address the people who cause insecurities in Belgium, instead of caving in to these home based terrorists?

    Just to make a point, Belgium should unleash the army all around the stadium if need be. Show these terrorists that Europe doesn’t cave in and is of course willing to let Israel play a match here.

    “Oh no we have bad evil people at home, they would do evil shit if we let the Jews come over, we must stop the Jews from coming over”

    Really? This is the state of Europe 2024?

    Fml

    It’s 1937 reloaded, people openly incite violence against Jews and Europe is caving in.

    Disgusting. Have we learned nothing?

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