Chaos in Amsterdam as pro-Palestine protesters clash with Dutch police after officers move in on ‘illegal’ demonstration in aftermath of attacks on Israeli football fans

Chaos has damaged out in Amsterdam as pro-Palestine protesters have clashed with Dutch police after officers moved in on a banned demonstration within the aftermath of the assaults on Israeli soccer followers within the metropolis.

Police in riot gear at the moment moved in on the protesters who had been chanting slogans and holding up placards at Dam sq. within the wake of clashes between Israeli soccer followers and teams of youths on Thursday.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters had been arrested after they defied the ban as they and a whole bunch others gathered within the metropolis’s Dam sq., holding up placards that stated ‘We would like our streets again’ and chanting ‘Free Palestine’. 

Earlier at the moment, the Amsterdam District Courtroom upheld a choice by the mayor to ban protests within the metropolis, three days after it was rocked by violence between Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer followers and males on scooters in a number of areas of town.

This comes after it was revealed that the Amsterdam rioters reportedly deliberate a Jew hunt on Telegram earlier than they launched their violent assault on Israeli soccer followers.

The alleged ‘hunt’, prompting rioters to journey from Amsterdam to assault Maccabi Tel Aviv followers and Jewish individuals was introduced on the messaging app nicely upfront, De Telegraaf reported on Friday.

The horrific pre-planned assaults in opposition to the Israeli sports activities followers on Thursday night left no less than 5 individuals injured.

Police in riot gear at the moment moved in on the protesters who had been chanting slogans and holding up placards at Dam sq. within the wake of clashes between Israeli soccer followers and teams of youths on Thursday

Law enforcement officials drive individuals away from Dam Sq. throughout a Professional-Palestinian protest

Dutch riot police stand off in opposition to pro-Palestine protesters whereas participating in a banned demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 10, 2024

A masked mob, some carrying Palestinian flags, are seen operating riot by means of the streets of Amsterdam on Thursday

Mayor Femke Halsema stated the Israeli soccer followers had been ‘attacked, abused and pelted with fireworks’. Movies on social media present younger males being punched within the head, kicked within the abdomen and knocked unconscious. 

Sixty-three individuals have already been arrested in reference to the violence that broke out after a Europa League soccer tie with Amsterdam membership Ajax, Dutch police stated.

Following Thursday night time’s assaults, people within the Telegram teams spoke of a follow-up assault, reported The Jerusalem Submit.

The assaults have been denounced by political leaders. Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof stated on Friday he was ‘horrified by the anti-Semitic assaults on Israeli residents’.

He additionally assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by telephone that ‘the perpetrators will probably be recognized and prosecuted’.

Dutch King Willem-Alexander additionally shared his ‘deep horror and shock’ after ‘antisemitic hit-and-run squads’ focused the Israeli soccer followers.

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema didn’t maintain again her disappointment as she labelled the violence as an ‘explosion of anti-Semitism.’

She stated on Friday: ‘Boys on scooters had been driving by means of the city searching for Maccabi supporters, it was hit and run.

‘Soccer followers had been attacked after which rioters fled, operating away from the police forces.’

She stated the occasions had been paying homage to pogroms – spates of violent anti-Jewish riots first perpetrated within the Russian Empire – and Kristallnacht, the night time of relentless Nazi violence in opposition to the Jews of Germany, which occurred 86 years in the past.

Followers of Maccabi Tel Aviv stage a pro-Israel demonstration on the Dam Sq.

Law enforcement officials make a safety cordon round a bus after the soccer match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, early November 08

Relieved to be residence: A fan of the Israeli soccer membership Maccabi Tel-Aviv is met by a member of the family at Ben Gurion Worldwide Airport 

Individuals welcome Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer followers as they arrive at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Worldwide Airport on a flight from Amsterdam

Followers of Maccabi Tel Aviv stage a pro-Israel demonstration on the Dam Sq., lighting up flares and chanting slogans forward of the UEFA Europa League match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 07

Professional-Palestinian supporters march with Palestinian flags close to the Ajax stadium in Amsterdam

Hours earlier than the match, followers of Maccabi Tel Aviv staged a pro-Israel demonstration on the Dam Sq. within the metropolis

Halsema stated town had been ‘deeply broken, the Jewish tradition has been threatened.’

A number of taxi drivers had been reported to have been concerned within the assault on the Israeli followers as they arrived in central Amsterdam to focus on the teams, as per De Telegraaf.

One Israeli reportedly ended up in considered one of Amsterdam’s canals, whereas others hid on the Holland On line casino. 

An investigation by Holland On line casino allegedly revealed {that a} employed safety guard was energetic in one of many Telegram teams the place data was exchanged between perpetrators.

The Dutch newspaper reported that, in keeping with the on line casino, the safety guard is not going to be employed again.

Some 800 officers had been deployed to deal with the violence, however police admitted that issues obtained uncontrolled.

Individuals who had been out within the metropolis on the time had been compelled to hunt shelter in retailers, in keeping with reviews, whereas a whole bunch of Israelis shut themselves of their motels as they waited for the violence to subside.

One sufferer suffered a damaged leg after being set upon by gang members, in keeping with Dutch media, with authorities saying the rioters had been ‘actively searching for Israeli followers’.

‘This outbreak of violence in opposition to Israeli followers has crossed all boundaries and can’t be justified,’ police stated in a information convention.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof denounced the ‘fully unacceptable anti-Semitic assaults on Israelis’.

‘I adopted with horror the protection from Amsterdam,’ Schoof wrote on X, including that he had spoken with Netanyahu to guarantee him that ‘the perpetrators will probably be tracked down and prosecuted’.

Netanyahu’s workplace stated he advised Schoof that he ‘views the premeditated anti-Semitic assault in opposition to Israeli residents with utmost seriousness and [has] requested elevated safety for the Jewish group within the Netherlands’.

Maccabi Tel-Aviv followers carry flags as they watch for the arrival of their family and friends members from Amsterdam, on the Ben Gurion Worldwide Airport

Britain’s Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis stated on X: ‘Completely devastating scenes from The Netherlands. Hateful mobs have chased down Jewish & Israeli soccer followers on the streets of Amsterdam after a match, violently beating them and proudly posting the footage on social media.

‘Many are injured and three individuals are presently lacking. This needs to be a watershed second for Europe and for the world, when it realises how extreme the scourge of anti-Jewish hatred has turn out to be.

‘Sadly, I worry it is not going to be and that tragically, this is not going to be the final such assault, God forbid.’

Amsterdam police stated on social media yesterday that tensions earlier than the match had been excessive they usually had been being significantly vigilant within the wake of a number of incidents, together with the tearing down of a Palestinian flag from a constructing by Maccabi followers.

Footage additionally emerged of provocative chants together with, ‘Let the IDF win, we’ll f— the Arabs,’ and, ‘F— you, Palestine.’

In one other potential soccer flashpoint, France are scheduled to play Israel in Paris subsequent Thursday.

France’s inside minister stated the match would go forward as deliberate.