The monarch spoke with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, to whom he promised to do everything possible to guarantee the safety of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and facilitate their safe return to Israel.
The president of Israel, Isaac Duke, had a conversation this Friday with the King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in relation to the recent acts of anti-Semitic violence registered in Amsterdam against Israelis.
During the call, Herzog expressed his concern and stressed that the incidents bring back memories “dark times” in the history of the Jewish people. According to the Israeli president, It is essential to condemn these attacks without reservation. y take firm action to stop the spread of anti-Semitic hatred on the streets of the Dutch capital.
He also insisted on the Urgency to protect the Jewish and Israeli community in the country, stressing the need to ensure their safety and evacuation for those who wish to return to Israel.
In response, the King Willem-Alexander expressed a strong condemns for the facts and expressed his horror and dismayThe monarch declared: “We failed the Jewish community in the Netherlands during World War II, and last night we failed again".
In this regard, he reiterated his government's commitment to protecting Israeli visitors and facilitating their safe return.
Also, the Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, informed Herzog about the ongoing actions to respond to incidents and assured that his government is working actively to ensuring the security of Israelis y his smooth return.
Violence broke out after a football match between the local team Ajax y Maccabi Tel Aviv, which Ajax won 5-0. Five people were hospitalized and 62 arrested as a result of the clashes, police said.
“In several places around the city, The supporters were attacked, assaulted and had fireworks thrown at them.. Riot police had to intervene on several occasions, protecting Israeli supporters and escorting them to hotels,” Amsterdam authorities said.
Social media was filled with images showing the violence, although confirmed details of the clashes were scarce.
Earlier, the aforementioned duke condemned the anti-semitic violence and stated that the “shocking images” of a “pogrom"They recalled Hamas's attack on Israel last year.
“We see with horror this morning the shocking images and videos that we had hoped we would never see again since October 7: an anti-Semitic pogrom currently taking place against Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters and Israeli citizens in the heart of Amsterdam, Netherlands“Herzog said in X.
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered that they be sent Two planes to the Netherlands to bring Israeli supporters home. The first plane took off from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv bound for Amsterdam on Friday.
"Horror"
Dutch Prime Minister, Dick Schoof, denounced the “Completely unacceptable anti-Semitic attacks against Israelis".
"I followed the coverage from Amsterdam with horror.,” Schoof wrote in X, adding that he had spoken to Netanyahu to assure him that “Those responsible will be tracked down and prosecuted".
Netanyahu's office said he told Schoof that he viewed the premeditated anti-Semitic attack against Israeli citizens with the utmost seriousness and called for increased security for the Jewish community in the Netherlands.
For her part, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said he was “indignant" for the "Vile attacks targeting Israeli citizens in Amsterdam".
"I strongly condemn these unacceptable acts.“Anti-Semitism has absolutely no place in Europe,” von der Leyen wrote in X. “And we are determined to fight all forms of hatred,” she added.
Meanwhile The United Nations described the violence as “very worrying”, while the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, said it was “terrible” and “deeply shameful”.
The middle AT5 reported that there were numerous fights and acts of vandalism in the city centre. “A large number of vehicles from the mobile unit were found and reinforcements have been called in,” he said. “It is alleged that the youths also provoked the police.”
The Israeli embassy in the United States said that “Hundreds” of Maccabi supporters were “ambushed and attacked in Amsterdam tonight as they left the stadium after the game”.
In its post on X, the embassy blamed the incident on a “mob that attacked innocent Israelis".
And with that, this king believes that the matter has been resolved. First, he files multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the Dutch state and police and then he will not travel to that homophobic and despicable country.
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