After the European League football match between Ajaks and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam, clashes between fans occurred on Thursday. According to the victim's report, the attackers insulted Israelis in Arabic and chanted "free Palestine".
Before the match, Maccabi fans gathered at De Dam Square, chanting political slogans and demonstrating support for Israel's war effort in the Gaza Strip. Just before the gathering began, they did not save a minute of silence for the victims of the floods in Spain.
On the Ajax pitch, he gave no chance to rivals, breaking up a squad from Israel 5:0. After the match, there was a clash of sympathizers of both clubs. As Israeli media reports, fans from the mediate East were attacked erstwhile they went from stadium to airport. According to the victims, the police did not supply them with escorts after the match. “Dutch police sold us out to be lynched by Arabs,” said 1 of the fans who reached Amsterdam airport wounded and bloody.
Israeli media described the event in the category of the judaic pogrom; according to the media, Ajax's fans were expected to be “to sit” on Maccabi's sypatists in the dark alleys of the city, to push them into the sewers, and to effort to drive around in cars. There was besides to be an effort to kidnap, and the attackers were to insult visitors in Arabic and chant “free Palestine”.
Anti-Israeli activists accused Israelis of chanting offensive slogans and breaking Palestinian flags. On Friday, police reported 10 arrests. More than 60 have been reported earlier.
The event sparked a wave of outrage among European leaders. Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema stressed at a press conference on Friday that the attack took place on the anniversary of the 1938 "Crystal Night". "I realize why people are reminded of pogroms," she admitted. She reported that Israeli fans were attacking "anti-Semitic strike troops". She said that it was “a very dark minute for the city, due to which it feels profoundly ashamed,” said the dpa agency.
The Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof stated that the reports of night-time force were received “with horror”. German abroad Minister Annalena Baerbock stated through social media that the recorded insults are “scathed and origin deep shame... in Europe”, and “the detonation of force against Jews has exceeded all limits. There is no correction for this."
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on social media that force is “unacceptable”, and Jews “must feel safe in Europe”. The European Commission's head, Ursula von der Leyen, stated that "there is no area for anti-Semitism in Europe, we will be determined to fight all forms of hatred." French president Emmanuel Macro condemned acts of force resembling "the most outrageous hours of history."
The leader of the Dutch far right Geert Wilders demanded in the entry on the X deportation of "multicultural scum". "Muslims with Palestinian flags hunt Jews," he wrote. According to the British paper "Financial Times", right-wing leaders in Israel and Europe propose that the increasing anti-Semitism on the continent is closely linked to arabian and Muslim immigration to Western Europe. About 6% of the Dutch population are followers of Islam.
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