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Bélgica reconocerá el Estado de Palestina durante la Asamblea General de la ONU
El Gobierno de Bélgica confirmó que reconocerá oficialmente al Estado de Palestina durante la próxima Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, prevista a partir del 9 de septiembre en Nueva York.
La medida fue anunciada por el vice primer ministro y ministro de Exteriores, Maxime Prévot, quien calificó la decisión como “un gesto político y diplomático contundente para preservar las posibilidades de una solución de dos Estados y condenar las pretensiones expansionistas de Israel con sus programas de colonización y ocupaciones militares”.
En un mensaje difundido a través de la red social X, Prévot detalló que este reconocimiento irá acompañado de una batería de sanciones concretas contra el Ejecutivo de Benjamín Netanyahu. Entre las acciones inmediatas destacan la prohibición de importar productos provenientes de los asentamientos, la revisión de la política de compras públicas con empresas israelíes y restricciones de asistencia consular a ciudadanos belgas que residen en asentamientos considerados ilegales según el Derecho Internacional.
El canciller belga subrayó que las sanciones también incluyen la imposición de prohibiciones de sobrevuelo y tránsito a ciertas aeronaves, la declaración como personas no gratas de varios colonos identificados como violentos, líderes de Hamas y dos ministros israelíes señalados por posiciones extremistas: Bezalel Smotrich y Itamar Ben Gvir, ya objeto de sanciones en otros países occidentales.
Prévot especificó además que se avanzará en acciones judiciales, y anticipó una posible votación favorable en el nivel europeo para suspender el acuerdo de asociación con Israel y la participación conjunta en programas de investigación y cooperación técnica de la Unión Europea.
“La formalización administrativa de este reconocimiento mediante un decreto real se llevará a cabo cuando se haya liberado al último rehén y Hamas ya no asuma ninguna gestión de Palestina”, precisó Prévot al tiempo que aseguró que este requisito responde al “trauma causado al pueblo israelí por los ataques del 7 de octubre de 2023”. El gobierno belga dejó claro que mantiene una posición crítica ante cualquier acto de glorificación del terrorismo o antisemitismo por parte de facciones palestinas.
“No se trata de sancionar al pueblo israelí, sino de velar por que su Gobierno respete el Derecho Internacional y Humanitario y de actuar para intentar que la situación sobre el terreno evolucione”, expresó.
El anuncio llega después de intensos debates dentro de la coalición gubernamental, compuesta por cinco partidos con posiciones encontradas sobre las acciones del Gobierno israelí en territorios palestinos.
La decisión belga se suma a las posicionadas en los últimos meses por países como Francia, Reino Unido, Canadá y Australia, quienes han defendido el reconocimiento de Palestina ante el estancamiento del proceso de paz y el agravamiento de la crisis humanitaria, especialmente en la Franja de Gaza. Prévot justificó la medida por “la tragedia humanitaria que se está viviendo en Palestina, y en particular en Gaza, y ante la violencia perpetrada por Israel violando el Derecho Internacional”.
El ministro recalcó que Bélgica liderará en el seno de la Unión Europea la postura de una intervención más firme hacia el gobierno israelí, instando a suspender acuerdos de cooperación y a aumentar la presión híbrida diplomática, económica y comercial, siempre alineada con el objetivo de fomentar una solución pacífica. Junto a las sanciones, Prévot aseguró que se intensificará la condena enérgica de cualquier muestra de antisemitismo, de glorificación del terrorismo o de actos violentos provenientes de cualquier actor involucrado en la crisis.
La iniciativa belga convierte a Bruselas en uno de los países de la Unión Europea con mayor implicación activa para modificar la estrategia frente al conflicto palestino-israelí. Las autoridades belgas sostienen que el Estado palestino “será plenamente reconocido en la escena internacional” y que se mantendrán firmes en la aplicación las nuevas sanciones y en la denuncia de acciones contrarias al Derecho Internacional por parte de cualquier actor.
(Con información de EFE y Europa Press)
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Iran continues firing missiles, drones at neighboring states, with multiple interceptions reported
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Iran launched a new wave of attacks on Thursday, with explosions reported in the region and Tehran threatening that the U.S. would «bitterly regret» sinking an Iranian warship.
Iran’s strikes on Thursday targeted Israel, American bases and countries in the region. Israel announced multiple incoming missile attacks as air raid sirens blared in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense on Thursday said Iran used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in an attack on Nakhchivan International Airport and other civilian infrastructure. The ministry said the details of the attack and the capabilities of the UAVs were being investigated.
«The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan strongly condemns the attacks carried out by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran against civilian infrastructure on the territory of Azerbaijan in the absence of any military necessity. The Islamic Republic of Iran bears the entire responsibility for the incident,» the ministry’s statement read.
Explosions seen and heard in Azerbaijan as Iran launches retaliatory attacks across the Middle East. (East2West)
Iran has not acknowledged targeting Azerbaijan, despite the country’s ministry of defense pointing the finger at Tehran.
Qatar evacuated residents near the U.S. Embassy in Doha on Thursday, with its Ministry of Defense confirming that the country was «subjected to a missile attack» and that its air defense systems were able to intercept it. The ministry urged the public to remain calm and avoid unofficial information.
Abu Dhabi announced that its authorities were responding to an incident involving falling debris in ICAD 2, which is part of the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi. Six people, identified by Abu Dhabi as Pakistani and Nepali nationals, suffered minor to moderate injuries.
A plume of smoke rises over buildings in Doha, Qatar, on March 5, 2026. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iran has carried out retaliatory strikes since the launch of Operation Epic Fury, with the latest wave coming one day after the U.S. sunk an Iranian warship, killing at least 87 Iranian sailors. Sri Lankan navy spokesman Cmdr. Buddhika Sampath said 32 people were rescued from the wreck and were admitted to a hospital.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth defended the move during a news briefing at the Pentagon.
«An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo — Quiet Death. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II. Like in that war, back when we were still the War Department, we are fighting to win,» Hegseth said.
Missile interceptions are seen in the sky on March 5, 2026, in Central Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
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Iranian leaders condemned the attack, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accusing the U.S. Navy of committing «an atrocity at sea.» Meanwhile, Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli appeared on state television and called for the shedding of Israeli and «Trump’s blood.»
«Fight the oppressive America, his blood is on my shoulders,» he said in a rare call for violence from an ayatollah, one of the highest ranks within the clergy of Shiite Islam.
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The U.S. and Israel launched the war on Saturday with strikes targeting Iran’s leadership, including the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed. Iran’s missile arsenal and nuclear facilities were also hit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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‘Outsider’ TV veteran jumps into swing state House race aiming to flip longtime red seat back to GOP
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FIRST ON FOX: Longtime West Michigan meteorologist Terri DeBoer is launching a run for Congress as a Republican, hoping to represent the state’s 3rd Congressional District in a campaign centered on border security, economic issues and what she called restoring «fiscal sanity» in Washington.
«I’m an outsider,» DeBoer told Fox News Digital in her first interview since becoming a candidate for Congress as a Republican running to unseat Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., who has held the seat since 2023.
«I am a West Michigan resident, and as an outsider, I believe that West Michigan is not blue, West Michigan is not red. West Michigan is all about solving the problems that we face, no matter who has those ideas, no matter what side of the aisle they happen to sit on.»
DeBoer has spent more than 30 years on West Michigan television, working at stations including WWMT-TV, WOOD-TV and most recently FOX-17 (WXMI-TV), where she returned in 2024 after a brief break.
Meteorologist Terri DeBoer has launched a congressional bid in Michigan. (Fox News Digital/Getty Images)
She began her career in broadcast journalism as a news reporter before transitioning to meteorology in the early 1990s. Known to many viewers as «everyone’s mom,» DeBoer has been a steady on-air presence during major weather events, including the 1998 derecho and the 2022 Christmas blizzard.
DeBoer says she sees similarities between her previous position, where she was affectionately referred to by many as «everyone’s mom,» and helping people navigate and prepare for tough weather ahead.
DEMOCRATS NAME CANDIDATES TO ‘RED TO BLUE’ INITIATIVE, AIMING TO FLIP GOP MAJORITY DURING MIDTERMS
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«I am asking the people of Michigan’s 3rd District to send me to Capitol Hill so that I can make a difference helping prepare people for the storms that we’re facing and help steer us away from the impact of those storms,» DeBoer said.
DeBoer, a wife, mother and grandmother, says her interest in politics was inspired by hearing former President Ronald Reagan speak in person during her senior year of high school. She said she thought to herself that if she ever had the opportunity to «serve my country,» she would «step forward and do it.»
DeBoer is the first major Republican candidate to enter the race in a district the Cook Political Report ranks as «Solid D,» in a state that President Donald Trump carried in 2024 and that is known for narrow margins of victory.
Additionally, when Scholten won her election, she became the first Democrat to win that seat since the 1970s.
National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Zach Bannon called Scholten a «rubber stamp» for the «radical far left» in a statement to Fox News Digital and said Republicans are «on the offense.»
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U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) speaks at a press conference following a House Democratic Caucus meeting. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Other priorities from DeBoer, according to a press release and her newly launched campaign website, include pushing back against the «political elite» and «open-border policies» and advocating for affordability.
«For me, I am someone who is willing to listen to all great ideas, because I know that the problems that we have to solve, we are going to face, are going to need to be tackled by everyone, and so we need to come together and the best way to come together is to send an outsider to Washington,» DeBoer said. «I have loyalty to West Michigan. I don’t have loyalty to a party.»
Republicans currently control the House by a 218-214 majority, with two right-tilting districts and one left-leaning seat vacant. Democrats need a net gain of three seats in the midterms to win back the majority for the first time in four years.
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