Major Demonstration Against Anti-Semitism in Brussels: Stand Against Hate

2023-12-10 11:47:00

A major demonstration once morest anti-Semitism is taking place in Brussels this Sunday followingnoon. Several thousand people are expected on Sunday at Place de la Chapelle in Brussels at 2 p.m., at the call of three organizations: the Coordination Committee of Jewish Organizations of Belgium (CCOJB), the Forum der Joodse Organisaties (FJO) and the Belgian League once morest Anti-Semitism (LBCA). The march is intended to be a response to the “fear” felt in the Jewish community regarding the increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Europe, particularly since October 7, the date of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel.

“Anti-Semitic acts are exponential. Antisemitism.be received 40 reports for Brussels and 320 reports for Antwerp. This is exceptionally high and worrying“, explains Yves Oschinsky, president of the CCOJB, the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations in Belgium, on the set of It’s Not Every Day Sunday.

He explains that there are a lot of insults, threats and harassment on social networks, but also around ten physical attacks once morest the Jewish community. “We are afraid of an escalation“, he says. “It’s been a long time since people stopped wearing the kippah in Brussels. The Jews must hide today. The Jews are afraid“, adds the president of the CCOJB who is one of the organizers of this Sunday’s march. He confides that he himself is being vigilant.

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PS and Ecolo activists and elected officials will be present on Sunday, despite the comments aimed at them. On the other hand, the PTB will not work. “How do you expect me to demonstrate with someone who says that I am the cause of anti-Semitism in Belgium?” underlined President Raoul Hedebouw. ​​The question of the presence of the extreme right also arises. In France, it aroused passions last month and divided the political class. The organizers of the Brussels march said that they did not want any sign of political affiliation.

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