Georges-Louis Bouchez’s inaugural lecture at Ghent University was heckled by pro-Palestine students. These students refer to the comments of the president of the MR on the Israeli attack on the beepers.
Some students disrupted the speech of MR President Georges-Louis Bouchez at Ghent University on Tuesday morning, chanting pro-Palestine slogans and unfurling a banner announcing, “Israel = terrorist”.
Georges-Louis Bouchez openly supports the genocide
The president of the French-speaking liberal party was invited by Professor Carl Devos to give the inaugural political science lesson to Ghent students. Before he could actually begin his “class”, a handful of students came down from the stands, shouting that Georges-Louis Bouchez “openly supports the genocide“They were referring in particular to the liberal president’s comments on the Israeli attack on “beepers” targeting members of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
In Belgian politics, you have to be anti-Israeli
The Montois did not let himself be deterred, immediately qualifying the protesters’ comments as “unacceptable“. “There have been civilian casualties, but do you know of a single war in history where there were no civilian casualties?“, he asked, adding that the deaths of children and innocents did not leave him indifferent.
“I would have liked you to target extremists from both camps on your banner“, he said again, also asking “condemn Hamas and Hezbollah“. “We must make no mistake: Israel will always be more of an ally than Hamas and Hezbollah, which are terrorist organizations.“, he wanted to add, before regretting that “today in Belgian politics, you have to be anti-Israeli to appear favorable to peace“.
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