AMSTERDAM — Leaders of Israel and the Netherlands on Friday condemned what they known as antisemitic assaults on followers of soccer membership Maccabi Tel Aviv earlier than and after a Europa League soccer match between their workforce and Ajax, and Israel mentioned it was sending planes to fly house supporters from the Dutch capital.
The violence erupted Thursday regardless of a ban on a pro-Palestinian demonstration close to the soccer stadium imposed by Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema, who had feared that clashes would get away between protesters and supporters of the Israeli soccer membership.
Amsterdam police had no fast touch upon the violence or numbers of arrests and accidents. A spokesperson for Halsema mentioned the municipality was getting ready a press release.
Particulars have been unclear, however Israel ordered that two planes be despatched to the Dutch capital to carry the Israelis house.
“The Prime Minister has directed that two rescue planes be despatched instantly to help our residents,” mentioned a press release from Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace.
It added that “the tough footage of the assault on our residents in Amsterdam is not going to be ignored,” and that Netanyahu “views the horrifying incident with utmost gravity.” He demanded that the Dutch authorities take “vigorous and swift motion” in opposition to these concerned.
Netanyahu’s workplace added that he had known as for elevated safety for the Jewish group within the Netherlands.
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof mentioned on X that he adopted studies of the violence “with horror.”
“Utterly unacceptable anti-Semitic assaults on Israelis. I’m in shut contact with everybody concerned,” he added, saying that he had spoken to Netanyahu and “emphasised that the perpetrators might be tracked down and prosecuted. It’s now quiet within the capital.”
Geert Wilders, the exhausting proper nationalist lawmaker whose Get together for Freedom gained elections within the Netherlands final 12 months and who’s a staunch ally of Israel, reacted to a video apparently exhibiting a Maccabi fan being surrounded by a number of males.
“Seems like a Jew hunt within the streets of Amsterdam. Arrest and deport the multicultural scum that attacked Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters in our streets. Ashamed that this will occur in The Netherlands. Completely unacceptable,” Wilders mentioned.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, additionally condemned the violence in a publish on the social media platform X.
Ajax gained the Europa League match 5-0.
