This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests in Belgium including demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, direct actions, and campus encampments in support of Palestinian rights.
List Estimated attendance is either mentioned explicitly in the references or a midpoint is used, i.e., 50 when dozens are mentioned, 500 when hundreds are mentioned, and so on.
Pre-2023
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)15 May 2013 Brussels30Die-in outside the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation in protest of Belgian participation in research programs collaborating with Israeli arms companies.12 August 2014150Silent vigi at the Regentieplein in response to the recent wave of Israeli attacks amid the 2014 Gaza War.18 August 2014 Brussels5,000Demonstration and march through the city center against the blockade of Gaza.5 September 2014130Silent vigil at the Markt in response to the recent wave of Israeli attacks amid the 2014 Gaza War.11 December 2017 Brussels200Demonstration in the European Quarter against the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.5 April 2018 Brussels200Demonstration at Brussels Central Station in response to the 2018 Land Day protests where the Israeli army killed 18 Palestinian protesters and injured over 1,400.12 May 2021 Brussels500Demonstration outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the escalation of Israel's attacks amid the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis.15 May 2021 Brussels3,000Demonstration and march through the city center.16 May 2021 Antwerp500Demonstration in the city center.19 May 2021 Brussels500Demonstration in front of European Union Commission in response to Israel's attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.29 October 2022 Brussels1,000Demonstration and march through the city center.
2023
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)11 October 2023 Brussels3,000Demonstration outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.22 October 2023800Demonstration and march through the city center.22 October 2023 Brussels12,000-40,000Demonstration at the Schuman Square.28 October 2023?Demonstration and march through the city center.11 November 2023 Brussels45,000Demonstration and march through the city center.18 December 2023750Night march through the city center.18 December 2023 Brussels27,000Demonstration and march through the city center.
2024
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)21 January 2024 Brussels500Demonstration and march through the city center.17 March 2024 Brussels7,500Demonstration and march through the city center.6 May 2024200Encampment at the Ghent University.19 May 2024 Brussels5,000Demonstration and march through the city center.31 May 2024 Brussels500Demonstration outside the US embassy. Ended with police intervention. Around 30 protesters were arrested.22 June 20242,000Demonstration and march through the city center.15 July 2024 Brussels100Demonstration outside the Israeli embassy. Ended with police intervention, including the use of tear gas on around 50 protesters.25 July 2024 Brussels14Demonstration outside the Tomorrowland event. Ended with police intervention. 14 protesters were arrested.25 August 2024200Demonstration at Korenlei and Leie river. Activists unfurled a large flag from the St. Michael's bridge.17 September 2024?Defacing of windows of an BNP Parbibas office in protest of alleged ties with Israeli arms producer Elbit Systems.20 October 2024 Brussels32,000-70,000Demonstration and march through the city center.24 November 20241,500Demonstration and march through the city center.
2025
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)11 January 2025 Antwerp1,000Demonstration at the Waterpoort in protest of the role of the Port of Antwerp in the arms trade with Israel.26 January 2025 Brussels7,000-13,000Demonstration and march through the city center.11 May 2025 Brussels80,000Demonstration and march through the city center.24 May 20254,000Demonstration and march through the city center.15 June 2025 Brussels110,000Demonstration and march through the city center.23 June 2025 Brussels and 1,000 Around a thousand activists staged blockades against the advanced materials company Syensqo at the headquarters in the outskirts of Brussels and an OIP Sensor Systems warehouse in Tournai.22 July 2025 Brussels300-400Demonstration and march through the city center. Protesters chanted slogans such as "Free Palestine" and "Boycott Israel, boycott USA".24 August 2025 Brussels500Demonstration and march through the city center. A person was stabbed and taken to the hospital. The suspect was arrested.7 September 2025 Brussels70,000-120,000Demonstration and march through the city center.2 October 2025 Brussels4,500Demonstration outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.8 October 2025 Brussels600Demonstration outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to Israel's interception and kidnapping of activists on board of the Global Sumud Flotilla and in response to the suicide of a Palestinian refugee and activist that was being held at the 127bis closed center.10 October 2025400March by students from 6 different schools.11 October 2025400Blocking of the entrance to the Industeel Belgium, part of the ArcelorMittal group, in response to a delivery of several tons of steel to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Ended with police intervention. Around 100 protesters were arrested.19 October 2025 Brussels50Encampment outside the European Commission.23 October 2025 Brussels?Strike by students and academic staff at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel to demand universities to end collaborations with Israeli institutions.27 October 2025 Antwerp?Demonstration at Suikerrui. Ended with police intervention. 20 protesters were arrested.10 November 2025 Antwerp150–700Demonstration at the Grote Markt. Ended with police intervention, including the use of water cannons. Seven protesters were arrested.
2026
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s) 11 January 2026 Antwerp 300–500 Demonstration and march in the city center, organized by the Antwerp Coalition for Palestine. 18 March 2026 Brussels?Demonstration at the Etterbeek campus of the Free University of Brussels calling for the university to stop collaborating with an Israeli defense-linked company.22 April 2026 100+ Over a hundred pro-Palestine activists occupied on the Coupure campus of Ghent University, demanding a boycott of Israeli institutions.8 May 2026?Blocking of the UFO building of Ghent University where a meeting of the Board of Directors were to take place.17 May 2026 Brussels 1,000+ Demonstration from Brussels-North railway station to Brussels-Central railway station, denouncing the war in Gaza, condemning Europe's complicity and commemorating the Nakba.
See also
Gaza war protests Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Lists of pro-Palestinian protests
References