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'We Love You and Israel': Israeli Recounts Emotional Encounter with Iranians at Tomorrowland
BOOM, BELGIUM, JUL 20 – Belgian authorities detained and interrogated two Israeli soldiers over credible war crimes allegations amid an ongoing investigation under Belgium's universal jurisdiction laws.
- Two Israeli soldiers displaying flags representing the Givati Brigade at the Tomorrowland festival in Boom, Belgium, were briefly held and questioned by local police last weekend.
- This followed legal complaints filed by the Hind Rajab Foundation, a Brussels-based Palestinian group led by Dyab Abou Jahjah, accusing the soldiers of war crimes in Gaza.
- HRF collaborated with the Global Legal Action Network to petition Belgian prosecutors for the soldiers' arrest under universal jurisdiction laws amid rising diplomatic tensions.
- A spokesperson for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs described these legal actions as efforts to undermine Israel’s right to self-defense, while authorities in Belgium have acknowledged that an inquiry has been initiated.
- These developments suggest growing international legal risks for IDF personnel and potential precedents for prosecuting foreign military members in Europe.
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Belgian authorities arrest 2 Israeli war crimes suspects after Hind Rajab Foundation/GLAN complaint
Alleged war criminals captured at music festival As a European nation finally takes action against alleged Israeli war criminals who so far have been permitted to come and go freely within the EU and the UK - and often even protected by the UK and other colluding governments - federal police uin Belgium have arrested…
Two Israeli men were arrested and questioned by Belgian police at the Belgian music festival Tomorrowland, the AP news agency reported.
According to the Hind Rajab Foundation, at the origin of the interrogation of the two Israelis, identified at a music festival in Flanders, this is the first time that members of the Hebrew state are interrogated in connection with Gaza in a European country. Both men came out free of hearing.
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The Hind Rajab Foundation called the questioning of Israeli soldiers a ‘turning point in global accountability’.
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