Anti-Israel agitators demonstrate at Amsterdam’s Anton de Komplein square ahead of the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Nov. 7, 2024. (JEROEN JUMELET/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
FOX NEWS | Published November 8, 2024
Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam for a UEFA match were attacked by anti-Israel protesters on the streets outside the stadium
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday asked his counterpart in the Netherlands to provide more security for Israelis after fans of the Maccabi Tel Aviv FC soccer team were attacked on Thursday by anti-Israel protesters.
Additionally, the Israeli Defense Forces said it would “immediately deploy a rescue mission” to Amsterdam led by the IDF’s Home Front Command, according to the Times of Israel.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that up to 20 of its nationals were injured while seven others remain unreachable since the attacks.
Speaking with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof after the attacks, Netanyahu said he takes the “premeditated attacks” seriously. He urged Schoof to bolster security for Israelis in the country. Meanwhile, Israel is doing its own part to take care of its own in the Netherlands.
Planes have been sent to the Netherlands to bring back Israelis, including those who were injured, according to the Times of Israel. They have also added more phone lines at the embassy and in the Foreign Ministry’s situation room.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Thursday’s attacks the most alarming thing to happen to Jews since the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel.
“We woke up this morning to shocking images and videos that since October 7th, we had hoped never to see again: an antisemitic pogrom currently taking place against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and Israeli citizens in the heart of Amsterdam, Netherlands,” Herzog wrote on X.
“This is a serious incident, a warning sign for any country that wishes to uphold the values of freedom.”
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SOURCE: www.foxnews.com
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Leaders of Israel, Netherlands condemn ‘antisemitic’ attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST | Published November 8, 2024
Israel was sending two commercial planes to the Netherlands on Friday to repatriate hundreds of Israeli soccer fans after overnight attacks in the streets of Amsterdam that officials described as antisemitic.
Videos circulating on social media showed riot police intervening in street clashes, with some attackers shouting anti-Israeli slurs.
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were “attacked, abused and pelted with fireworks” and that riot police had to intervene several times to protect them and escort them to hotels. At least five people were treated in hospital, she said.
Antisemitic incidents in the Netherlands have surged since Israel launched its assault on Gaza following the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel by the Palestinian Hamas group, with many Jewish organisations and schools reporting threats and hate mail.
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SOURCE: www.scmp.com
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