Belgium Announces Plans to Recognize Palestine as a StateKurt Zindulka 2 Sep 2025
Belgium has said that it plans to impose sanctions on Israel and to recognize Palestine as a state at the United Nations General Assembly, following in the footsteps of countries like France and the UK.
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot announced in a statement on X: “Palestine will be recognized by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions are being taken against the Israeli government.”
However, the Western European nation’s top diplomat said that official recognition of Palestinian statehood would be dependent on the Hamas terrorists relinquishing control of Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages taken by the Islamists during the October 7th terror attacks nearly two years ago.
The move puts Brussels largely in line with the left-wing Labour Party government of Sir Kier Starmer in Britain, which has also announced that it plans to back Palestinian statehood at the United Nations, provided that hostages are released and Hamas agrees to a ceasefire and cedes control of the territory.
Other Western nations to have broken with Israel and the United States on the issue this year have included Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Norway, and Spain.
This comes despite Palestine lacking the most basic elements required for statehood, such as clearly defined borders. The region has also failed to hold elections in nearly two decades and has been a major sponsor of Jihadist terrorism against neighbouring Israel, including the October 7th attacks, which saw around 1,200 killed and hundreds more taken hostage.
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