BELGIANS PROTECT ISRAELI FLAG AT BRUSSELS ATTACKS MEMORIAL: In the wake of last week’s terror attack in Brussels, Belgians transformed a central square in the capital into an impromptu memorial for the victims. Thirty-five people died in a series of suicide bombings on Tuesday 22 March 2016, at the city’s main airport and a subway station. Starting the next day, people gathered in Place de La Bourse. Locals and foreigners filled part of the square with candles and flags from dozens of countries. Amid the display of national and international unity, a few people went out of their way to exclude Israel. In at least three incidents captured on video last week, people speaking Arabic or wearing Muslim garb destroyed, removed or covered up Israeli flags at Place de la Bourse. In an incident on 27 March 2016, locals intervened. A crowd confronted a man who, after praying in Arabic, shouted “Palestine” and anti-Israel slogans - calling Israel a “terrorist state.” The white-haired man stepped on other flags and candles in an effort to reach an Israeli flag located near the center of the memorial site. Dozens of Belgians began booing him. Several shouted in Flemish and French: “Shameful!” When the man grabbed the Israeli flag, another man shoved him to the ground and wrestled it from his hands amid applause from onlookers. Police officers made their way to the scene, and escorted the shouting man away from the memorial. (JTA)