Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Prevot has announced that Belgium will recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) later this month.
Prevot, who is also the deputy prime minister, wrote on the social media platform X this Tuesday.
He says that Israel will face 12 sanctions from Belgium, including a ban on the import of products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and “a review of public procurement policies with Israeli companies”.
Prevot, a member of Belgium’s centrist Christian Democrat party, says that Belgium is making the pledge “in light of the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Palestine, particularly in Gaza”.