Abou Jahjah begins a new political party

brussels - The controversial Belgian-Lebanese publicist Dyab Abou Jahjah is going to establish a new political party. He announced Wednesday that he will do this with Ahmet Ko, a politician who previously belonged to the left-wing party, sp.s.

Abou Jahjah and Ko have no name for their party yet. There they want to come out in September. At the municipal elections in October 2018, they want to participate in a number of Brussels and Limburg municipalities.

Abou Jahjah was previously the founder and former chairman of the Arab-European League, which was established years ago. He was also a columnist for the Belgian newspaper De Standaard for several years. That rose started to say goodbye to Abou Jahjah this year. The newspaper found its legitimization of an attack in Jerusalem, causing four Israeli soldiers to go too far.