Nearly eighty years after the Holocaust, Europe witnessed another shameful pogrom as hundreds of Jews on Thursday night were ambushed and assaulted in the Dutch city of Amsterdam.
Hundreds of Israeli soccer fans were ambushed by organized Muslim migrant gangs in the streets of Amsterdam as they left the stadium after watching a match between ‘Maccabi Tel Aviv’ and the Dutch team ‘AFC Ajax.’
Videos taken by attackers themselves and posted on social media show masked men, some of them carrying Palestinian flags, kicking and punching Israelis as they cry for mercy or lie helplessly on the ground. One of the victims can be heard pleading that he was ‘not Jewish,’ but failing to dissuade his attackers from beating him further.
“Local authorities and Israel’s Foreign Ministry have reported that ten Israelis have been injured so far in the pogrom, with consul members currently searching hospitals,” the Jerusalem Post reported. Three Israelis reported missing after the attack were later accounted for.
The Israeli broadcaster Arutz Sheva reported the details of the brutal attack:
Hundreds of fans of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team reported that they were attacked overnight Thursday by Arabs in Amsterdam, as they left the stadium following Maccabi’s game against AFC Ajax.The fans testified that an ambush had been prepared for them in advance at various points outside the stadium.Disturbing footage from the city, which was posted to social media, fans are seen being violently attacked, beaten and even run over. One of the fans was forced to say “Free Palestine” before he was let go. Some of the fans barricaded themselves in shops and other places in the city. The local police escorted some of the Israelis back to their hotels.The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that ten fans were injured and that two people are unaccounted for, and efforts to get in touch with them are ongoing.An Israeli who witnessed the goings on told Kan 11 News, “They waited in groups at every corner, and as soon as they recognized Jews – they started chasing them. Others waited near hotels and near the casino in larger groups, and there they also attacked fans. Then others drove by with cars and did not stop honking near hotels in which Israelis are staying.””The police were not present at the conclusion of the games, and Muslims were waiting near train stations for Israeli fans and followed them,” said another Israeli. “The police only started to intervene after about half an hour to 45 minutes into the attacks, after the attackers threw firecrackers at people and into buildings.”
Two Israeli rescue plane were underway to bring back the beleaguered soccer fans, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured. The government urged Israeli nationals not to wear symbols of Jewish faith in public and stay in their hotels until the rescue teams arrive.
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated at about 4:30 a.m. local time that he was dispatching two rescue planes to Amsterdam following a “very violent incident against Israeli citizens”,” the Jewish News Syndicate news agency reported. “The Israeli National Security Council stated in Hebrew that Israelis in Amsterdam should remain in their hotel rooms and avoid the street, refrain from wearing visible Jewish or Israeli symbols and notify Dutch police and the Israeli mission about any threat or attack. The council also advised Israelis to return to home, with more planes expected.”
Dutch politician and leader of the ruling Freedom Party (PVV), Geert Wilders, condemned the ‘Jew hunt in the streets of Amsterdam’ and called for the deportation of migrants criminals who took part in the attack.
The attack comes after months of pro-Hamas demonstrations in cities across Europe. These rallies organized by the European far-left and Islamist groups have been speewing Jew-hatred and calling for ‘globalizing the Intifada,’ a reference to the waves of terror and violence carried out by Palestinians against Israelis in early 1990s and early 2000s.
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