Amsterdam erupted in violence Thursday night as Israeli fans supporting the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team were assaulted following the team’s match against Ajax. Hundreds of attackers reportedly targeted Israelis across the city in what appears to be a coordinated attack, resulting in multiple injuries. Witnesses described an organized ambush waiting for fans outside the stadium, where stabbings, car rammings, and beatings occurred across several streets.
Footage also shows masked individuals attempting to break into hotels where Israeli fans were reportedly staying. Local media reported several hotspots of confrontations throughout Amsterdam, with police arriving on the scene only after some delay, attempting to control the chaos.
One Maccabi Tel Aviv fan, a 30-year-old who had recently completed four months of military reserve duty in Gaza, recounted the terror: “What I went through here is no less frightening than Gaza. I was run over and someone pulled a knife on me. I’m slightly injured, but I’ll only seek treatment in Israel. We were ambushed. I’m in shock. I saw kids being hit—it was everywhere. The police are nowhere to be found; it’s total chaos. This was premeditated. We feel abandoned.”
At least ten Israelis sustained injuries and another 2 are unable to be reached, with others forced to seek refuge in nearby shops and buildings. Local police eventually intervened to escort some of the fans safely back to their hotels amid escalating tensions. Dutch police have reportedly arrested at least 57 suspects involved in the riots.
El Al has reportedly dispatched two aircraft to Amsterdam to evacuate hundreds of Israelis who have been instructed to barricade inside their hotels.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now in direct contact with officials in Amsterdam and is expected to speak with the Dutch Prime Minister shortly.
The Dutch police report that “30 protesters, including Iranians and Turks, have been arrested so far.”
Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Modi Ephraim, is leading efforts on behalf of the state to protect Israeli citizens targeted in the Amsterdam violence. Ephraim has informed Israeli authorities that 600 Dutch police officers have been deployed to hotels across Amsterdam to ensure the safety of Israeli fans.
The situation remains ongoing, though authorities indicate it is now under control.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett released the followimg video and tweet:
“At this moment Jews are being attacked in multiple locations in Amsterdam. I call upon the Dutch authorities to act NOW.
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“Iranians and Turks ” in a place that gave refuge to our people during the Holocaust .
Need to totally abolish schengen which shall severely curb movements of savage Arab attackers
please don’t conflate attacks on zionists with jews by using the term “pogrom”. A pogrom is an attack on the holy nation of am yisroel, not zionists at a goyishe sports game
Stop acting like goyim and the goyim will start respecting us as Jews
What do you expect from these poor oppressed people living under apartheid?
See more videos to realise how bad it is: https://www.telegraaf.nl/video/856508686/heftige-beelden-amsterdam-jacht-op-israelische-fans
The article was carried by both the Wall Street Journal and the London Times. This isn’t YWN being sensationalistic.
This is what happen when a government has a woke perspective on law enforcement. This could be the future fate of American Jews, though the recent election of Trump (and more importantly, the rejection by the American voters of woke ideology) makes this less likely.
somejewiknow : The goyim aren’t that clever, but they are (and have always been) that bigoted. If their goal is to kill a Jew, it doesn’t matter if he’s playing football and learning gemara. We shouldn’t fall into the trap of the (majority) of German Jews who thought the Nazis only wanted to hurt the “Ostjuden” but would leave good secular assimilated Germans Jews alone. Just as they went their deaths waiving their iron crosses and saying they were good Germans, we should not believe that the current generation of anti-Semites will change their mind if we waive a gemara (or a V’Yel Moshe) at them and say we are anti-zionists.
This (obviously unjustified) orgy of violence by these savages was a result of the deadly soup of Zionist nihye kiChol haGoyim and merida baUmos on display at an even higher level than usual.
1. Zionism is all about changing Judaism into the godless Nationalist idolatry and heresy that is Zionism.
2. Organized sports are for gentiles to fight each other in a more civilized manner than their barbaric ancestors.
These are not intended for participation by Jews at all (due to kedoshim tihyu, uVeChukoseihem lo seileichu and more), certainly not with a “Jewish” (actually Zionist, of course) team actually competing as one with the gentiles.
Put all that together, and the terrible results there aren’t all that shocking.
As somejewiknow said, no, this was not a “pogrom” against innocent and pure Jews minding their daily lives.
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I’m sure you are aware that many frum Jews attend sports matches, and this has become accepted in our communities. So if Jews were attacked upon leaving a Yankees game, you would feel the same way? You would think it was justified? For some reason I doubt it.
Stop dissociating yourself from your people. Your intentions are clear and pointless.
HaKatan : The ultimate cause was Zionism and Jewish secularism, which also resulted in the Holocaust. But once the killing starts, which is “now”, nothing is accomplished by debating history or suggesting “what if” scenarios. The only issue now is what to do, e.g. flee to Eretz Yisrael, migration to friendlier areas such as “red states” in the USA, take responsibility for our own security and fight back (which outside the United States might be a problem due to gun control).