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Holocaust Remembrance And Gaza Collide In Brussels Schools

Belgium's national memorial to Jews murdered in the Holocaust in Brussels (Credit: AFP)

A few months ago in Brussels, Arthur Langerman was telling high school pupils about losing family members in the Holocaust and escaping a Nazi raid himself, when he was cut short by two Muslim teens wanting to talk about Gaza.

"It's a genocide, and it's been happening for 75 years," interjected one of the young women, triggering a heated back-and-forth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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