THE TELEGRAPH: Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv were subjected to attacks by pro-Palestine hooligans before and after their team’s Europa League match against Ajax
One unconscious man is kicked in the back. Another pleads for mercy in a narrow alleyway before being punched in the head. And a third Israeli citizen is made to shout “Free Palestine” after jumping into a canal to save himself.
Amsterdam is reeling from what has been called a “Jew hunt” and “ pogrom” on its streets that has rekindled memories of Europe’s darkest hours.
After Maccabi Tel Aviv had played a Europa League match against Ajax on Thursday night, Israeli fans were chased with knives, humiliated and assaulted across the Dutch capital.
“I am ashamed,” said Femke Halsema, the mayor of Amsterdam, as she described hit-and-run attacks on the Israeli fans, announcing a temporary ban on protests. » | Henry Samuel, James Crisp, Europe Editor | Friday, November 8, 2024
LE FIGARO :
Supporteurs de football israéliens agressés à Amsterdam : ce que l’on sait des faits : Emmanuel Macron a condamné «fermement» ce vendredi les violences subies par les supporters israéliens jeudi soir en marge d’un match de football entre l’Ajax et le Maccabi Tel-Aviv. »
