Antwerp - Belgium: Europe and the Arabs
The Jewish community in Belgian Antwerp is living in an atmosphere of fear and they said that Jewish restaurants are already under attack in France and England,” according to what the Belgian newspaper News Bilad reported on Tuesday morning, adding, “The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is causing unrest among the 20,000 members of the Jewish community in Antwerp.” .
According to the same source, the hotline for security and safety issues receives up to twenty reports per day, while it usually receives one or two reports per week on normal days. The Belgian newspaper said it remains to be seen whether the soldiers will return to the ghetto, at the request of part of the Jewish community. Belgium had deployed army personnel in the Jewish quarter following the Brussels bombings in March 2016, which killed 32 people and injured 300 others.
The presence of soldiers and police personnel continued after that in the framework of protecting strategic places that could be the target of terrorist attacks, and then things returned to normal.
There is a Jewish community in a number of Belgian cities and a number of synagogues, and the authorities provide them with protection in anticipation of being targeted, especially since Jews, whether individuals or religious centers, have previously been subjected to attacks by attempting to stab or burn buildings or break facades. Fears of such attacks increasing every time events develop. Between Palestinians and Israelis