Israeli football fans targeted in wave of violence in Amsterdam

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Supporters were reportedly the target of violence in Amsterdam on Thursday before and during the football team’s match against Ajax.

Videos posted on social media appeared to show multiple street fights.

Spanish media reported this earlier this week anti-Israel agitators would protest outside the stadium where the match was being played, targeting the club and its fans.

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Israeli fans with flags in the stands. (Reuters/Jennifer Lorenzini)

Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, gave an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday evening.

“We see a pogrom against Jews and Israelis unfolding in Amsterdam,” Danon said. “This must stop in 2024. “Globalize the intifada” was not just a slogan for these terrorist supporters. I urge the Dutch government to immediately help all Israelis and Jewish people. It is time to respond with violence to these barbaric rioters.”

Danon also worked up and posted a video on X

“We are receiving very disturbing reports of extreme violence against Israelis and Jews on the streets of the Netherlands,” he wrote. “There is currently a pogrom taking place in Europe in 2024. These are the true faces of the supporters of the radical terrorism we are fighting against. The western world needs to wake up now!!

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“This is the moment when the UN must immediately and clearly condemn the violence perpetrated by Palestinians and their supporters. The Dutch authorities must now take decisive action against terrorism.”

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called on the Dutch authorities to take action.

Dozens of arrests were made on Thursday evening, most of them before the match, RTL reports.

“There have been disturbances, including on Dam Square,” a spokesperson for the Dutch police told the newspaper. “We cannot indicate who belongs to whom. The groups are not easy to distinguish from each other, almost all of them wear dark clothing.”