{"id":5369,"date":"2026-03-09T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/5369\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:22:11","slug":"belgian-synagogue-rocked-by-explosion-in-antisemitic-attack-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/5369\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian synagogue rocked by explosion in \u2018antisemitic\u2019 attack \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium\u2019s federal judicial police anti-terrorism unit and the federal prosecutor\u2019s office are investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Li\u00e8ge mayor\u2019s office told POLITICO: \u201cThe mayor and the municipal executive express their strongest condemnation of this extremely violent act of antisemitism, which runs counter to Li\u00e8ge\u2019s tradition of respect for others. There can be no question of importing external conflicts into our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the mayor\u2019s office, the blast caused damage to the building. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/nl\/2026\/03\/09\/explosie-aan-synagoge-in-luik-geen-gewonden\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/nl\/2026\/03\/09\/explosie-aan-synagoge-in-luik-geen-gewonden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Local media reported <\/a>that windows on the building\u2019s front fa\u00e7ade were blown out. <\/p>\n<p>The mayor\u2019s office said a press briefing would be held later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Idit Rosenzweig-Abu also condemned the attack. \u201cI was shocked by the news of the attack in Li\u00e9ge. I am in touch with the community that is understandingly shaken and terrified. I agree with PM De Wever who said that this is an attack on Belgian society as a whole,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo prevent such attacks,\u00a0 I hope we would not only see an increase in Jewish communities\u2019 security but also a determination to fight against hate speech that incites them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belgium\u2019s federal judicial police anti-terrorism unit and the federal prosecutor\u2019s office are investigating the incident. A spokesperson for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[236,76,7,2678,3997,235],"class_list":["post-5369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-antisemitism","tag-bart-de-wever","tag-belgium","tag-buildings","tag-mayors","tag-security"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116198961462581154","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}