Brussels art exhibition sparks outrage over Nazi and antisemitic imagery targeting Belgian politicians

The report, ‘Listening to British Jews’, is based on six focus groups involving 43 Jewish adults across the UK.

Presiding Judge Vitalija Norkūnaitė said Žemaitaitis had used public statements and social media posts to “grossly trivialise the genocide of the Jewish people, the Holocaust, and committed a continuous criminal offense”.

The eight-day initiative brought together 32 young volunteers in the historic Belarusian shtetl of Uzlyany, where they worked to preserve one of the last remaining physical reminders of a once-thriving Jewish community.

The suspect, who is known to police for previous offences, was detained by soldiers until police officers arrived and arrested him for questioning. No injuries were reported.

The plaque commemorates Arsène and Angèle Richard and their daughter Marcelle, who saved the life of Edmond Rajchman, then aged 13, during the mass arrests of Jews in July 1942.

According to reports by the German newspaper Bild, investigators believe the teenager had links to and sympathised with the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organisation.

Unknown perpetrators vandalised the mural by erasing the original message and replacing it with the words “Zionist Nazi Settlers” (“Coloni Sionisti Nazisti”), painted across the Stars of David.

A woman has been convicted of a racially aggravated assault after directing antisemitic abuse at children outside a Jewish secondary school in north London before attacking the father of one of the pupils.

The Official Council of Jewish Communities in Sweden strongly criticised the protest. Its chairman, Aaron Verständig, described the display as “profoundly offensive and deeply repugnant”, stating that trivialising the Holocaust in this manner was unacceptable.

Ministers are also set to outlaw the the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right (IMCR), which has been blamed for a series of attacks on Jewish targets in the UK.

Macron declared the date a national day of remembrance last year in honour of “the victory of justice and the truth against hatred and antisemitism”.

According to Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, the gun found was a “military-grade weapon” and was found near one of the town’s synagogues.