![A group including Priest Daniel Alliet stages a hunger strike for justice in Palestine at the Beguinage Church in central Brussels, Belgium, on June 16, 2025. [Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AA-20250616-38295581-38295566-HUNGER_STRIKE_FOR_PALESTINE_AT_BRUSSELS_CHURCH-1.jpg)
A group of activists including a priest has initiated a hunger strike inside a historic church in central Brussels, demanding urgent justice for Palestine and pressing the European Union to sever all ties with Israel. The Beguinage Church, known for its longstanding commitment to social responsibility projects supporting migrants, the homeless, and the poor, is now hosting a five-day hunger strike to highlight ongoing human rights violations in Palestine. Speaking to Anadolu, Priest Daniel Alliet issued a direct appeal to the EU: “They have to punish Israel. The association agreement with Israel must be halted on June 23. No economic cooperation, no military cooperation. The whole community in Belgium plus Europe has to act.” Alliet condemned what he described as […]
