Belgium voted in favor of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947 and recognized the State of Israel on January 15, 1950.

It helped Israel establish informal ties with Tunisia and join the Western European and Others Group at the United Nations.

Following a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in November, De Croo held a joint press conference at the Rafah border crossing along with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

[6] During the conference, both European leaders said in a joint statement that the "indiscriminate killings of innocent civilians" in Gaza are "completely unacceptable.

"[7] In a joint statement, they emphasized that the time had come for the international community and the European Union (EU) to once and for all recognize a Palestinian State and called for a permanent ceasefire in the war-battered territory.