Belgium closes war crimes probe into Israeli pair, refers case to ICC

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3. Belgium is familiar with the former Hezbollah combattant who founded the Hind Rajab group.

Belgian newspaper fires columnist who praised terror attack
Lebanese writer, former Hezbollah combatant, wrote, ‘By any means necessary, #freepalestine’ after Jerusalem truck attack

A Belgian daily newspaper fired one of its columnists following his praise for the slaying of four Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem.

De Standaard, a left-leaning Flemish-language daily, said Monday that it would no longer feature columns by Dyab Abou Jahjah, a Lebanon-born activist from Belgium who has called for violent attacks on Jewish Israelis.

A day earlier, Belgian Jews took to Twitter to condemn Abou Jahjah’s remarks, which included: “By any means necessary, #freepalestine,” following an attack in which a Palestinian terrorist plowed a truck through a crowd of soldiers visiting a popular tourist spot. The driver, who was shot dead, reportedly was a supporter of the Islamic State terror group.

He also wrote on Facebook that the attack was “not terrorism but resistance.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-newspaper-fires-columnist-who-praised-terror-attack/