Belgium To Recognize Palestine State At UNGA
Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, foreign minister Maxime Prevot announced on Tuesday.
“Palestine will be recognised by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions are being imposed against the Israeli government,” Prevot wrote on X.
🇧🇪🇵🇸🚨La Palestine sera reconnue par la Belgique lors de la session de l’ONU ! Et des sanctions fermes sont prises à l’égard du gouvernement israélien. Tout antisémitisme ou glorification du terrorisme par les partisans du Hamas sera aussi plus fortement dénoncé.
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— Maxime PREVOT (@prevotmaxime) September 2, 2025
In July, French President Emmanuel Macron also announced that France would recognize a Palestinian state at the UN meeting, scheduled to take place from September 9 to 23 in New York.
More than a dozen other Western countries, including Australia and Canada, have since called on others to do the same.
Prevot said the decision came “in view of the humanitarian tragedy” unfolding in Gaza, where Israeli offensives have displaced most of the population at least once and the UN has declared a famine.
“In the face of the violence perpetrated by Israel in violation of international law, given its international obligations, including the duty to prevent any risk of genocide, Belgium had to take strong decisions to increase pressure on the Israeli government and Hamas terrorists,” Prevot wrote.
“This is not about punishing the Israeli people, but rather about ensuring that its government respects international and humanitarian law and taking action to try to change the situation on the ground,” he added.
