Both MP Michael Freilich and Justice Minister Paul Van Tigchelt state that there “are groups who operate in Belgium on the account of Hamas, lobbying, and fundraising for the terror group designated as such by EU laws.” And although the European Palestinian Council for Political Relations (EUPAC) is named as “a proxy group” that is fundraising and lobbying for Hamas, it certainly isn’t the only group in Belgium (and beyond) that is associated with Hamas. It is no secret that such groups have long operated within Western countries, not only in the EU, but also in the UK, America and Canada as well. Many such groups were exposed, for example, during the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest terrorism funding trial in the history of America, where a long list of unindicted co-conspirators was released. This list connected these groups to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Freilich also mentions the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Many supporters of the PFLP are also operating within Western nations. Although the title of the article claims that he said “we can’t do anything,” that is not what Freilich actually said. Freilich states:
There are enough legal procedures that can be taken into account, even if the “dry law” can provide an impediment. “They can take them to the court themselves,” he suggests. “They can also change the law since they are the government.”
Freilich also said about Belgian government authorities in reference to the PFLP: “It makes absolutely zero sense. They’re looking for excuses to not do anything.”
It is high time that all of these groups be identified in Western nations, and that steps be made by lawmakers to deal with them. Such groups perpetuate antisemitism, and many have been found to actively funnel money to Hamas via zakat. They are also anti-West and fully aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood’s ideology of Sharia supremacy and conquest.
“Belgian minister: Hamas operates in our border, but we can’t do anything,” by Ohad Merlin, Jerusalem Post, February 13, 2024:
MP Michael Freilich from the opposition New Flemish Alliance Party recounted his astonishment at the response of Justice Minister Paul Van Tigchelt, who openly admitted as a response to his inquiry that there indeed are groups who operate in Belgium on the account of Hamas, lobbying, and fundraising for the terror group designated as such by EU laws.
Much to Freilich’s shock, the minister also named the European Palestinian Council for Political Relations (EUPAC) as a proxy group fundraising and lobbying for the group responsible for the slaughter, rape, and kidnapping of at least 1,200 people on October 7.
EUPAC vaguely formulates its goals as aiming to “work to invest in the importance of the geo-strategic position of the Middle East region” as part of the Palestinian “struggle towards liberation from occupation.” This is done through meetings with high-ranking European officials, as well as seminars, campaigns, workshops, and more.
The council is led by Majed Al-Zeer, who has been recognized by German security authorities as a leading figure of Hamas operations in Europe, even naming him as a “representative of Hamas in Germany,” as revealed in mid-December 2023 by Der Spiegel. He was designated over a decade ago by Israel as a Hamas operative in Europe, along with the Palestinian Return Center he founded in London……
somehistory says
Someone should ask, “why is nothing being done?”
More and more people are seeing the ‘light’ about what hamas is really all about; but few are acting on the information.
hamas….designated by many governments, including the U.S. as a terror group, but no one is working to stop the fools out in the public giving support to a “terror group.”‘
Back in 2008, the trial against pretend “charity,” ‘the holy-land foundation’ found that mozlums in the U.S. were giving financial support to hamas. The “foundation” was shut down. c.a.i.r was designated as an unindicted co-conspirator and should have been put on trial, but bo, the mozlum pretend president, stopped the trial from proceeding. U.S. citizens…and others….openly support hamas, mobs disrupting the lives of others and few are arrested.
Now, we see Belgium is also involved in this allowing of hamas and its operatives to do their business of terror-funding, terror-support, terror-recruitment in full public view.
If the crimes are not hidden, and the criminals are named, photographed, etc., why are the governments allowing them to operate and commit terror?
40 rounds says
The problem, as I see it, is people know the threat and are playing the roulette wheel hoping they can escape the violent encounters and that due to sheer numbers they will somehow avoid it. Very selfish and naive.
James Lincoln says
Excellent post, somehistory.
A little more information regarding the Holy Land Foundation, C.A.I.R., etc.
https://www.academia.org/john-guandolo-discusses-the-muslim-brotherhoods-network-in-america-attacks-the-media/
somehistory says
Thanks, James. And for the extra on the mb/ hamas arm in America. I’ve read a lot of what Andrew McCarthy, has written about it, and heard him speak about it. I’m sure he could have gotten a conviction if bo had not stepped in and circumvented justice.
When I read about c.a.i.r’s shenanigans, I think again of what bo…traitor…did, and wonder just how many people are cognizant of the damage the members of c.a.i.r. do with their “civil rights” garbage and mozlum hoaxes.,
Giovanni says
One would almost say that the people in power are on the take. Difficult to see any other explanation.
Tony Rice says
For Belgium read the E U, where in it is Hamas termed a terrorist Organisation ?. About time Brussels got it’s act together, the world can’t regard Israel as the canary in the Middle East coal mine for ever.
Andrew Blackadder says
There is a legal political party operating in Belgium today called The Islam Party and they openly declare their main goal is to turn Belgium into an islamic Nation and that sharia will be the Law of The Land.
This islam party is based in Brussels which is also the HQ of the EU so as Belgium goes so does the EU.
This cannot be a coincidence.
There is now a new Islam Party started up recently in the UK with the exact same name and the exact same goals.
These savage backward morons are not hiding in plain sight anymore as they are telling us directly to our faces what they want and how they are going to get it..They see Western Men as weaklings as they receive next to nothing in a response to their evil actions as muslims ONLY understand revenge.
I don’t live anywhere near Europe or North America and Im glad about that though I was born in the UK a long time ago.