Police guard Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv advocates after violence targeting Israeli football fans broke out in Amsterdam on Thursday night. (Photo: Reuters) AMSTERDAM – Amsterdam prohibited presentations for 3 days from Friday after overnight attacks on Israeli football fans by what the mayor called “antisemitic hit-and-run teams”, and Israel stated it would fly numerous fans home. Mayor Femke Halsema stated Maccabi fans hadactually been “attacked, mistreated and assailed with fireworks” around the city, and that riot authorities steppedin to secure them and escort them to hotels. At least 5 individuals were dealtwith in medicalfacility. Videos on social media revealed riot authorities in action, with some assailants screaming anti-Israeli slurs. Some videofootage likewise revealed Maccabi Tel Aviv fans shouting anti-Arab mottos before Thursday night’s match. “We saw a lot of presentations, a lot of individuals running. It was truly, truly scary,” stated Joni Pogrebetsy, an Israeli fan in Amsterdam for the match. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace stated Israel was sendingout airplanes to the Netherlands to bring fans home. Antisemitic occurrences have rose in the Netherlands giventhat Israel released its attack on Gaza after the attacks on Israel by the Palestinian Hamas group on Oct 7, 2023, with numerous Jewish organisations and schools reporting dangers and hate mail. Amsterdam prohibited presentations through the weekend and offered cops emergencysituation stop-and-search powers in reaction to discontent that exposed deep anger over the Gaza-Israel dispute. Over 43,000 Palestinians haveactually been eliminated, 102,000 others hurt and millions displaced in Israel’s military offending on Gaza, according to health authorities in the enclave, after Hamas eliminated 1,200 Israelis and took more than 250 captive, according to Israel. Halsema stated city authorities hadactually been taken by surprise after security services stoppedworking to flag the match versus Ajax Amsterdam, generally determined as a Jewish club, as high-risk. “Antisemitic hit-and-run teams” had handled to ev
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