'Hateful, Anti-Semitic': New Videos of Amsterdam Violence Emerge As Condemnation Pours In

Last Updated:November 08, 2024, 21:36 IST

Some purported videos and images on social media showed people claiming that they are "not Jewish" to save themselves from the mob and injured people who tried "helping the Jews"

Israeli football fans were attacked after a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam on November 7. (Image: X/screen grab)

New videos and images of the violence after a football match in Amsterdam have emerged, with widespread condemnation over what many called “hateful" and “anti-Semitic" clashes. At least 62 people were arrested as a result of the incident, which happened after a Europa League football tie between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

According to the Israel Airports Authority, the Israeli football fans were brought home by the government on two planes, with the first set of evacuees landing on Friday afternoon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s Mossad spy agency to draw up a plan to prevent unrest at sporting events in the future.

Some purported videos and images doing the rounds on social media showed people claiming that they are “not Jewish" to save themselves from the mob and injured people who tried “helping the Jews".

Amsterdam’s mayor said the city had been “deeply damaged" by “hateful anti-Semitic rioters" who hunted down and attacked Israeli football fans in a night of “unbearable" violence. Femke Halsema described gangs on scooters targeting fans of the Israeli club, beating and kicking them in “hit-and-run" assaults, leaving five people hospitalised.

Muslim mobs in Amsterdam are hunting Jews tonight. I wish this was fiction. It's not. pic.twitter.com/mlSiwiSbAl

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

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