The court ruled that any containers exiting the Port of Antwerp will face a penalty of €50,000 per container, up to a total of €5 million, in a move celebrated by BDS NGOs across Belgium.

Videos of the incident show a besuited official attempting to take the flag from the protester, but did not succeed.

Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon, has previously been criticized for lauding PFLP terrorists.