Israeli Football Fans Cause Chaos in Amsterdam, and Are Now Claiming “Antisemitism”
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Amsterdam has made the news with several violent incidents circulating on social media following a sports match between Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax on Thursday.
After reportedly vandalizing property, attacking bystanders, and even setting a Palestinian flag on fire, Israeli fans are claiming to have been attacked unprovoked by Palestinian supporters.
Several eyewitness reports and videos shared on social media depict Maccabi fans vandalizing property, assaulting local taxi drivers and even confronting law enforcement officers.
"There are numerous videos of Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam vandalizing property, attacking cops and bystanders, and tearing down Palestinian flags. Now, this fascist group is playing the victim and waiting for airlifts back to their colonies,” said Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone News.
An Amsterdam city council member confirmed to Al Jazeera that Israeli fans instigated the violence in Amsterdam after attacking Palestinian supporters before the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv game.
Sports journalist Leyla Hamed, also took to X Thursday, as a witness, stating: "Hooligans from the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv marched through Amsterdam, stealing Palestinian flags from homes and even setting one on fire.”
Hamed posted several videos depicting Israeli fans attacking individuals and vandalizing pro-Palestine paraphilia.
⤵️ HERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AMSTERDAM
FALSE ANTISEMITISM FRAMING: Several mainstream outlets followed suit with headlines declaring antisemitism. As the incidents were made public, Israeli officials immediately condemned the actions as “violence against Israeli citizens in Amsterdam.”
SEND THEM BACK: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to send two rescue planes to Amsterdam, claiming that the “harsh pictures of the assault on our citizens in Amsterdam will not be overlooked.”
According to The Guardian, he planned to evacuate Israeli citizens via the planes from the Netherlands, but plans changed to them flying commercial airlines.
WHAT JUSTICE??: Amsterdam police said Friday they launched “a major investigation into multiple violent incidents” after five people were reportedly taken to the hospital and 62 arrested.
Police said they were unable to confirm “reports regarding a possible hostage situation and missing persons” as Israel claimed.
According to local news reports, numerous fights and acts of vandalism occurred in the city center before and after the match— several failed to label the perpetrators.
RISK ZONES: Several central areas were designated as “risk zones,” allowing police to conduct stop-and-search operations, according to Dutch News.
THE MAYOR SPEAKS: Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema emphasized in a city council meeting that while there were no legal grounds to ban Maccabi fans from the game, the ongoing situation in Gaza has heightened local tensions.
PROTEST BAN: Halsema also banned a nearby pro-Palestine protest near the Johan Cruijff Arena.
THE OBVIOUS: Police confirm Palestine flags were torn by Israelis. While no reports on anti-Muslim or Palestine hate were broadcasted, authorities confirmed a Palestinian flag was torn down by “unknown perpetrators” on Wednesday night, Anadolu Agency reported.
⤵️ WEEKLY NEWS RE-CAP 🗞️💨
🚨 THE PAST 24 HOURS: At least 40 Palestinians have been killed and 123 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s health ministry.
In one airstrike on a multi-story building in northern Gaza at least 27 people were killed, relief officials said, as the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders in the area, CNN reported.
Another Israeli airstrike hit Al-Rimal School killing at least four people; a third hit Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, the number of dead unconfirmed.
🇱🇧 LEBANON HIT AGAIN: At least 52 people killed in the last 24 hours. According to France24, at least five of the wounded were identified as UN peacekeepers.
Per Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), several medics were also killed including Zaher Ibrahim Ataya, a paramedic from Lebanon’s southern town of Tyre Harfa.
‼️ HEZBOLLAH: The Lebanese armed group says it hit Israeli soldiers with missiles in three settlements including Margaliot and Misgav Am in northern Israel’s upper Galilee region and the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel’s Hula Valley with rockets.
💔 MORE CHILDREN: At least 12 were killed and many others wounded by an Israeli airstrike a school housing displaced people in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City on Thursday, Gaza’s civil defense agency said.
"Women and children were torn apart by F-16 jets and missiles weighing a ton," witness Ibrahim al-Madhoun told reporters.
🍼 BABY KILLERS: An estimated 4,000 babies have cut off from lifesaving newborn care in the past year because of sustained attacks on the hospitals “earnestly trying to keep them alive” in the Gaza Strip, UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Direcor Adele Khodr said in a statement.
The statement followed attacks to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, which— prior to last week— was the last functioning hospital in Northern Gaza.
🥲 GUESS WHOSE BACK : Donald Trump will return to the White House as America’s 47th president after falsely claiming the 2020 election was 'stolen' as the first convicted felon to win a presidency.
While multiple states are yet to be called—Trump defeated Democratic nominee and former Vice President Kamala Harris 277-224 in the Electoral College, around 5:34 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Related: What A Donald Trump Presidency Means For American Muslims
🧕🏼 MUSLIM WIN : First Muslim congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have won re-election against pro-Israel lobbies.
Both members of the Democratic Party Tlaib and Omar were named the first Muslim women to serve in the United States Congress, House of Representatives in 2018.
Tlaib, who is also the first woman of Palestinian descent in the US Congress, was re-elected on Tuesday for a fourth term as a representative for Michigan, including portions of Detroit.
Omar, a former refugee and Somali American, retook her seat for a third term in Minnesota, where she represents the 5th District, which includes Minneapolis and a number of suburbs.
⤵️ THE WATCH LIST 🚨
Nearly 70% of Verified Casualties In Gaza Are Women and Children, UN Rights Office Says
Per the United Nations Office nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, were women and children. This finding indicates "a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law, including distinction and proportionality," the U.N. rights office said in a statement given to Reuters, accompanying the 32-page report.
"It is essential that there is due reckoning with respect to the allegations of serious violations of international law through credible and impartial judicial bodies and that, in the meantime, all relevant information and evidence are collected and preserved," United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said.
At least 39 Palestinians have been killed and 123 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours alone, according to the enclave’s health ministry.
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It literally never ends with these Zios ….
Yeah, how dare anybody complain about Arabs lynching jews and breaking their legs and jaws!!! They should be free to burn Israeli flags and beat up whoever they don’t like. It says so in the Koran