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Attack on Jews in Amsterdam: Attack by Israeli football fans in Amsterdam after the match “Ajax” – “Maccabi”.

Attack on Jews in Amsterdam: Attack by Israeli football fans in Amsterdam after the match “Ajax” – “Maccabi”.

Video on social media shows riots outside Amsterdam Central Station after one of the Europa League matches involving Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv

Wia dis foto comes from, Reuters

Wetin we call dis foto, Police say it’s unclear who is involved in the riots because they are wearing dark clothing

  • author, Paul Kirby
  • role, BBC News

Officials say Israeli soccer fans are facing a series of attacks in central Amsterdam, with police stepping in several times to protect them.

Prime Minister Dick Shoof condemned the “anti-Semitic attacks” and the Israeli army for “brutal and violent incidents against Israelis”. Di earlier planned to send “rescue planes” to bring Israelis home dem don cancel am.

Amsterdam’s mayor and authorities say that despite a heavy police presence, Israeli fans are in several parts of the Dutch capital.

Fans of the Israeli club “Maccabi Tel Aviv” travel to Amsterdam for the Europa League match against “Ajax”.

Shuf says that I follow the development of events with horror, I add that I do not follow Netanyahu, and I deftly take the ground, I say: “pipo wey get hand for di mata dem go track em down and predse it”.

Police say they have arrested 57 pipos. The Tories say wahala bin don dey in Dam Square, even arresting some pipos ahead of the match involving Maccabi fans and pro-Palestinian protesters, with reports of fans setting off fireworks and tearing down a Palestinian flag on a nearby street .

But di kasala kotinu increase afta di game. Police say it is unclear who is involved in the rioting, and local phones say those involved in the rioting are wearing dark clothing.

Several videos have filled social media, one shows one man dem bin dey kicking and hitting the ground and anodizing, one shows pesin wey dey run ova . In some videos you can hear Pipo shouting pro-Palestinian slogans, although the BBC has not confirmed the footage.

The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, spoke in favor of one “pogrom” against Maccabi fans and Israeli citizens. Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders leads the largest party in parliament, and I also favor one pogrom, saying it will hold “the authorities accountable for their failure to protect Israeli citizens.”

Earlier, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema bin tried to prevent trouble by removing pro-Palestinian protesters from the Johan Cruyff Arena. But Dutch reports say a large group of litter pickers tried to head to the stadium but were stopped by police.

Dutch riot police in Amsterdam cordoned off one bus carrying Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

Wia dis foto comes from, EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Wetin we call dis foto, Special forces surrounded one bus with Israeli supporters

Herzog tok for X say I trust say di Dutch authorities will act immediately to “protect, find and rescue all Israelis and Jews who have been attacked.”

Israeli officials are urging citizens to stay in hotels, and state broadcaster Kan quoted the foreign ministry as saying it was in contact with the three Pipos.

Deborah Lipstadt, the US special envoy on anti-Semitism, said she was horrified by the attacks in Amsterdam, which “remind me terribly of a classic pogrom”, adding that she was deeply concerned by how long they had been going on.

She says the violence will come two days before the anniversary of the November 1938 Nazi anti-Jewish program for Germany.