Nov 2024: Jewish soccer fans attacked in Amsterdam

[Halifax Tar]

Seems something is awry in Amsterdam

https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-sends-planes-to-amsterdam-to-rescue-jews-from-pogrom/

Mod edit to clarify the thread title a bit - Milnet.ca Staff

 

[The Bread Guy]

Seems something is awry in Amsterdam

https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-sends-planes-to-amsterdam-to-rescue-jews-from-pogrom/

Ouch ...
More on the attacks following a soccer game, as well as a bit of lead-up (via ISR & NLD media) ...

At least ten injured, two missing in Amsterdam pogrom

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent two emergency flights to evacuate Israelis from the city.

www.jpost.com

Ten Israeli soccer fans injured in Amsterdam by assailants chanting 'Free Palestine'

National Security Council Issues Emergency Instructions to Israelis in the City: Stay in Your Hotel Rooms, Avoid Displaying Anything That Could Identify You as Jewish or Israeli

www.haaretz.com

Amsterdam mayor bans pro-Palestine demo at football stadium - DutchNews.nl

Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema has banned a pro-Palestine demonstration from taking place close to the Johan Cruijff stadium where Ajax will meet Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League on Thursday evening. Halsema said she had decided to move the protest in consultation with the...

www.dutchnews.nl

Arrests in Amsterdam ahead of Ajax Maccabi Tel Aviv tie - DutchNews.nl

At least two people have been arrested in Amsterdam as tension mounts ahead of the evening’s Europa League tie between Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax. Several hundred Maccabi fans had gathered on the Dam in the city centre in the afternoon, where there were also several pro-Palestine...

www.dutchnews.nl

Arrests in Amsterdam after pro-Palestinian activists heckle Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

A tense atmosphere and unrest filled Dam Square in Amsterdam as hundreds of fans for the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv surrounded the National Monument. Around ten individuals were taken into custody for various offenses, like disturbing the peace, before the Dam emptied out around 5:20...

nltimes.nl

... with this UK conservative media outlet's take

Israeli football thugs tear down Palestine flags in Amsterdam

Videos show dozens of hooded figures dressed fully in black cheering and cnahting 'f*** you Palestine' and 'ole' as one climbed halfway up the front of a building and removed a flag.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Cloud Cover]

Long past time for the Mossad to go on another world tour.

 

[Navy_Pete]

Wow, lots of hyperbole on both sides; looks like POS on both sides with a mix of football hooliganism and nationalism mixed together, and random people caught in the middle.

 

[McG]

62 arrests now. 5 Hospitalizations.

Amsterdam police say 5 hospitalized and 62 detained after attacks on Israeli soccer fans

Amsterdam police say that five people were hospitalized and 62 arrested after authorities said antisemitic rioters attacked Israeli supporters following a soccer match.

apnews.com

 

[captloadie]

Long past time for the Mossad to go on another world tour.

Because some Israeli's football fans started a fight they couldn't finish?

 

[Quirky]

Long past time for the Mossad to go on another world tour.

North America alone will keep them busy for a while.

 

[ArmyRick]

Wow, lots of hyperbole on both sides; looks like POS on both sides with a mix of football hooliganism and nationalism mixed together, and random people caught in the middle.

No. Open your damn eyes.

 

[CBH99]

Just for some video reference

 

[Navy_Pete]

No. Open your damn eyes.

Were the attacks anti-semitic? Yes. Were there also a large number of football hooligans in the 3000+ supporters that traveled in that ran around shouting anti-arab slogans before the game, and doing things like pulling down flags? Also yes.

There is still a lot of violence around football games generally from all the various supporter 'clubs' across Europe, but calling this a pogrom is really sensationalizing what happened, and playing a bit of the martyr, especially from Netanyahu when he's deliberately clearing out Palestenians from their homes, reducing them to rubble and pushing settlers into Gaza to reclaim land from people that have been living there for centuries.

A lot of the people doing handwringing here also victim blame women for dressing provacatively, or not running while armed or in a pack, so it's a bit rich.