Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has expressed his horror at the “anti-Semitic and unacceptable” attacks on supporters of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam, during a conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.
Schoof said that the “perpetrators will be identified and prosecuted” and that order has been restored in Amsterdam.
President Isaac Herzog, meanwhile, stressed the seriousness of the attacks against Israelis in the Netherlands, saying they are “a warning sign for any country that wants to uphold the values of freedom.”
“We are watching with horror this morning the shocking images that we had hoped we would never see again since October 7: an anti-Semitic pogrom is currently taking place against Israeli citizens and Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in the heart of Amsterdam, the Netherlands,” Herzog said.
“I trust that the Dutch authorities will act immediately and take the necessary measures to protect, locate and rescue all Israelis and Jews under attack, and to eradicate violence against Jews and Israeli citizens by all means required,” he said.
Three Israelis are still missing in the Netherlands, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said.
Additional telephone lines have been opened at the Israeli Embassy and the country and the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem have established a crisis room.
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar also described the attacks on Israelis as “barbaric and anti-Semitic,” saying that they are a “shrill alarm call for Europe and the world.”
“Freedom-loving countries” must not allow “unbridled hatred to roam the streets with impunity,” Saar said. “What begins as persecution and violence against Jews never ends with Jews,” he warned.
This Europe is full of Muslim immigrants from different fanatic countries. In France, it is estimated that there are 50 million Muslim immigrants.
Given the large number of Arabs in Europe, this is obviously going to happen. Wars have collateral effects. Ipso facto [it is not a pogrom, that word does not apply here given the history of the war].
In Israel, the fans are violent. Just look at Maccabi Haifa and others. They should have defended themselves at this point.
Israel is at war and they are going to watch football. Can't they wait at least for the war to end?
Anti-Zionist, not anti-Semitic. PALESTINIANS ARE AS SEMITE AS JEWS. Sons of bitches.
You are an animal, ignorant and ANTI-SEMITIC, READ AND LEARN, DON'T BE DUMB: “The birth of the term “anti-Semitism” occurred in the 19th century.
Although the etymology of the term anti-Semitism might suggest that it is a prejudice against Semitic peoples in general, the term is used EXCLUSIVELY to refer to hostility towards Jews.” and as for anti-Zionism, it is one of the modern forms of anti-Semitism. Behind the denial of the existence of Israel, there is hidden hatred of Jews.
99% of Jews are Zionists...being anti-Zionist is being anti-Jewish...anti-Semitic is a term that has been applied since the ignorant Middle Ages
I want to see.
I want revenge, Golda style
I hope they really do so, so that they can be taught lessons by civilized people and not be an example taken from the terrorist murderers of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Those who attacked the Israelis are monsters, demons, savages.
They should go back to their countries and leave the Israelis and Europeans alone.