Source: United Press International
“Belgium will recognize a Palestinian state and impose sanctions against Israel, a high-ranking Brussels official said Monday, a move that is expected to be staunchly rebuked by the Middle Eastern country. Maxime Prevot, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs for Belgium, said Brussels was acting under its international obligations to ‘prevent any risk of genocide’ and to put pressure on both Israel and Iran-backed Hamas to end the war. … Prevot said Belgium will officially recognize a Palestinian state during the 80th United Nations General Assembly scheduled for later this month in New York, making it the latest Western country to do so in protest against Israel.” (09/02/25)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/09/02/belgium/7431756784986/