At least 75,000 people took part in the demonstration, making it the largest demonstration in our capital since the climate march of 2019. This is where we end this live blog.

"Thick packs of people: it's been a long time since I've seen that in the centre of Brussels. At the moment that the first people arrived here in the European quarter, the last ones had only just left the North Station."

"Politics is far too quiet and action is lacking"

"The purpose of this march is to show the support of the citizen for our politics and government. Politics is far too quiet and action is lacking", says 11.11.11 director Els Hertogen. "We want to convince politicians to make stronger statements about Gaza tonight and in the coming days and to take action."

It is incomprehensible that a flag of a state that is committing genocide is being hung out at this moment

Els Hertogen (11.11.11)

"The resolution of the federal government is insufficient and is only a non-binding request from parliament to the government to take a number of steps. This is far from sufficient. Since the resolution was also approved, politics has been particularly quiet."

According to Hertogen, Belgium should, following the Irish example, impose economic sanctions on the Israeli state. Furthermore, the regions should also work on an embargo on the arms trade with Israel. The European Union is also not acting decisively enough compared to its attitude towards Russia, with an 18th sanctions package in the making, according to Hertogen. "That is exactly what we want to denounce here – double standards, double weights."

Els Hertogen is also not happy about the "incomprehensible signal" from the Antwerp city council, which hung the Israeli flag at the city hall last week. "It is incomprehensible that a flag of a state that is committing genocide is being hung at this moment."

by Driezzz

18 comments

  1. I couldn’t make it today, but thank you to all the people who did and raised their voices.

  2. Hope our dear politicians can at least do the tiniest thing now and go and fight the special tariff rulings Israel get in the EU. I have never in my life seen so many politicians (Bouchez and Francken in front) go so blatantly against the will of the vast majority of the people.

  4. Ideaal moment om de Israëlische vlag weer ergens te hijsen /s

    Hopelijk doet de politiek iets, maar ik vrees ervoor.

  5. Het volk is duidelijk, maar onze zogenaamde volksvertegenwoordigers doen niks

  8. Wanneer mogen we onze VOLKSVERTEGENWOORDIGERS afzetten omdat ze complicit zijn?!!!

  9. Thanks to all that went, couldn’t make it, but it’s a strong signal.

  10. Ge kon uwe zondag ook anders spenderen. Haalt niks uit, israel gaan ze nooit raken

  11. In plaats van hier nutteloos te staan protesteren, ga naar daar gaan helpen. Maar nee, liever de schijn ophouden dat het je boeit

  12. Ik zie nooit iets online over zulke protest acties. Waar moet ik kijken om volgende keer aanwezig re kunnen zijn ?

  14. And it’s the first time since quite a while that a protest march ended without damage, vandalism, aggression against the police,…

    Kudos to the organisation for executing this and for showing that protest doesn’t need to turn violent. As an inhabitant of Brussels it is always super depressing to see the damage after a protest, which in the end as taxpayer I’m going to pay for. So very refreshing for a change!

  16. Is er een wereld waarin de doorsnee Belg ook zou meedoen aan BDS? Laten horen dat je er allemaal niet mee toestemd is goed en wel, maar als je niet dreigt met verdere gevolgen moet je ook niet verwachten dat er ooit verandering gaat komen.

  17. Do the political class see it & are they willing to act on it?

  18. Vandalisme op gebouwen, met graffiti en stiften. En daar word ik kwaad van. Fijne avond nog.

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