Belgium has closed its airspace to Israel-bound weapons during the Gaza ceasefire, shredding the idea it actually means something. Right, so Belgium has blocked its airspace to weapons heading to Israel, including flights that don’t land, during a period everyone is calling a ceasefire, but of course we all know isn’t really one. Israel is still firing. That pulls away a prop people were leaning on without realising it: the idea that once a ceasefire is announced, everyone else can behave as if the genocide has slid into a safer phase. Belgium isn’t doing that. It’s acting like the violence still carries consequences that come back up the chain to anyone who keeps the routes open. Governments don’t close airspace when they think something is winding down. They close it when they expect the damage to continue and they don’t want their fingerprints ...