On Thursday night, a pro-Palestinian Muslim mob attacked Israelis in Amsterdam after a soccer match. At the time, a mob of Muslim immigrants armed with knives and clubs chased Israelis leaving after the UEFA Europa League match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The attack has been described as a pogrom, defined as a systematic ethnic genocide similar to that carried out by the Nazis against Jews in the 1930s. CBN News I will report. The incident also occurred days before the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,'' when German and Austrian rioters destroyed more than 200 synagogues and 7,000 Jewish-owned businesses. .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was considering Thursday night's attack on Israeli citizens “extremely serious” and called for increased security for the Dutch Jewish community. He spoke with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who posted on X, calling the attack “a completely unacceptable anti-Semitic attack against Israelis.”
I've been following the news from Amsterdam and am horrified by the anti-Semitic attacks against Israeli citizens. This is completely unacceptable. I'm in close contact with all the parties involved and I just spoke to them. @Israel PM Prime Minister Netanyahu said on the phone that the perpetrators…
— Dick Schuch (@MinPres) November 8, 2024
Gideon Saar, Israel's newly appointed foreign minister, is visiting the Netherlands to address the crisis. His representative, Sharen Haskell, called on the Netherlands and Europe to take action, noting that many Israelis had been hospitalized.
“I call on the Dutch government to arrest and prosecute all those involved,” Haskell said. “We have information leading to radical Islamists who have gone out to hunt Jews. I call on Europe and the world to act more aggressively to combat anti-Semitism. It's your responsibility. It's terrible when Israeli Jews are attacked by mobs in the heart of Europe.”If we don't act, things will only get worse. ”
According to jerusalem post officeTen people have been detained by Amsterdam police after Israelis were attacked by what Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema described as an “anti-Semitic hit-and-run squad”.
“This is a very dark moment for our city, and I am deeply ashamed of it,” Halsema said at a news conference.
“Anti-Semitic criminals attacked and assaulted visitors to our city in a hit-and-run attack,” Halsema said, adding that the perpetrators managed to evade police.
The first plane from Amsterdam carrying evacuated Israelis on Friday. landed In Israel. As part of the investigation between Israeli and Dutch police, police investigators and forensic experts arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport to meet with Israelis for forensic documentation and gather initial details, Israeli police said. It was announced Friday afternoon.
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