Posted By  richards on September 17, 2014    
				
				        The synagogue in Anderlecht. Image via Belgian League        Against Anti-Semitism      
    A fire that broke out at a synagogue near Brussels was the    result of arson, a Belgian watchdog said.  
    Three people had to be treated for inhaling smoke on Tuesday at    the synagogue on de la Clinique Street in Anderlecht, one of    the municipalities that make up the Brussels region,    theBelgian    League Against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA, wrote in a    statement. Unknown individuals deliberately set fire to four    places so it would catch, according to the report.  
    LBCA President Joel Rubinfeld wrote that Belgian police    confirmed they believed the fire was the result of criminal    activity.  
    The synagogue fire followed an anti-Semitic incident on Sunday    at the National Memorial Site for Jewish Victims of the    Holocaust in Belgium, also in Anderlecht.  
    Several people hurled large stones and a bottle at the    monument. Several dozen people were standing near the monument,    which they visited as part of the events of European Day of    Jewish Culture, LBCA reported.  
    Hours earlier, Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo in an    address at the reopening of the Jewish Museum of Belgium in    central Brussels had vowed to punish perpetrators of    anti-Semitic crimes. The museum had been closed since a May 24    shooting there killed four people.  
    The increase of anti-Semitic acts in Belgium in recent months    underlines the urgency connected to integrating the fight    against anti-Semitism into the governments plan of action for    the future, Rubinfeld said. More than ever before, fighting    anti-Semitism must truly become a national cause. At stake is    our countrys honor and probably its future.  
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