Prevot also announced "tough sanctions" on the Israeli government. "Any form of antisemitism or the glorification of terrorism by Hamassupporters will also be strongly condemned," Prevot posted on his X account. According to Prevot, Belgium "had to take decisive decisions to increase the pressure on the Israeli government and the Hamas terrorists" in the face of the current situation in both the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The first alarm was raised at the end of July: several humanitarian and family planning NGOs denounced the Trump administration's intention to imminently destroy a major shipment of contraceptives. USAID, the U.S. aid agency, was storing them in Belgium, awaiting distribution to humanitarian missions, mostly in Africa. The operation, along with the contraceptives, was left in limbo when the U.S. government decided to dismantle its well-regarded development agency a move that, according to the scientific journal The Lancet, could lead to as many as 14 million preventable deaths by 2030.
OYO Architects revitalized a former farmhouse in Belgium, introducing a triangular void that brings light and spatial clarity while retaining the original structure's modest exterior.