After the serious incidents that occurred in the streets of Amsterdam between groups pro-Palestinian and fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv and it ended with more than 50 detainees, 10 injured and two missing, Israel announced that he would send “rescue” planes to pick up his fans.
“Netanyahu considers the planned anti-Semitic attack against Israeli citizens to be serious and calls for greater security for the Jewish community in the Netherlands; and thanked his Prime Minister for expressing shock at the events and regarding them as an extraordinary event of an anti-Semitic nature,” the Foreign Office said in a statement. Prime Minister’s Office.
According to the Israeli government, hundreds of Macabbi supporters from Tel Aviv were “ambushed and attacked” in Amsterdam. The Prime Minister immediately sent two rescue planes for Israeli citizens, stressed that “he takes this horrible incident very seriously” and demanded that the Dutch authorities “act firmly and quickly against the rioters and ensure the peace of citizens Israelis.
“We see with horror the shocking images and videos that since October 7 we hoped we would never see again: an anti-Semitic pogrom currently taking place against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and Israeli citizens in the heart of Amsterdam,” declared the president. from Israel Isaac Herzog.
Herzog claims to have had a telephone conversation with the King of the Netherlands “following the horrific acts of violence against Israelis and Jews in the streets of Amsterdam.” In his statement, he reveals that “the king told the president: ‘We failed the Jewish community in the Netherlands during the war.’ World War IIMe, and last night, we failed again.
The Dutch Prime Minister, Dick Schoofwho spoke with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, also condemned what happened. “I am horrified by the anti-Semitic attacks against Israeli citizens. This is something totally unacceptable,” he said, promising to arrest those responsible and signaling that calm had returned to the city. The mayor Femke Halsema He clarified that “there is no excuse for the anti-Semitic behavior displayed last night by the rioters who were looking for them to attack them.”
The incidents
Clashes broke out overnight in the center of the Dutch city after a match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv which ended in a clear victory for the locals.
According to local media AT5The Dutch capital was the scene of numerous acts of vandalism and brawls that forced police to escort Israeli supporters to their hotels. The network mentions unrest which could be linked to clashes between pro-Palestinian young people and Israeli supporters. In fact, the police tried to remove those who were demonstrating shouting “Free Palestine” from the stadium.
Maccabi fans, previewing the match against Ajax.
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The fights took place in the middle of the street, with cars crossing the road and I witnessed, with other passers-by, very violent scenes. Chases, kicks, punches… Absolute chaos which required the rapid intervention of the police.
