Home Customer Service Stay Connected Read today’s Edition Miami-Dade Favorites News Sports Politics Business Living & Entertainment Opinion Obituaries Video Featured Miami.com Detour Travel Florida Keys News El Nuevo Herald Miami-Dade Favorites Guides Shopping/Reviews Deals & Offers Careers & Education Banking Legal Services Coupons Special Features Press Releases Sponsored Content Classifieds Place an Ad – Celebrations Search Jobs Search Legal Notices Advertising 99¢ for 2 months READ NOW WORLD Israeli soccer fans injured in attacks that Amsterdam authorities call antisemitic BY JOHN YOON, JIN YU YOUNG AND JOHNATAN REISS NYT NEWS SERVICE/SYNDICATE STORIES UPDATED NOVEMBER 08, 2024 11:49 AM An Israeli citizen arrives at Ben Gurion airport in Lod, Israel, on Friday after an evacuation flight from Amsterdam, where Israeli soccer fans had been attacked Thursday by pro-Palestinian demonstrators

At a news conference in Amsterdam, authorities said that people had attacked Israeli fans and chanted anti-Israeli slogans, and that they were investigating whether the attacks were coordinated. They also said that some supporters of the Israeli team had taken a Palestinian flag down from a building, as seen in videos posted on social media and verified by The New York Times. While the exact sequence ofHome Customer Service Stay Connected Read today’s Edition Miami-Dade Favorites News Sports Politics Business Living & Entertainment Opinion Obituaries Video Featured Miami.com Detour Travel Florida Keys News El Nuevo Herald Miami-Dade Favorites Guides Shopping/Reviews Deals & Offers Careers & Education Banking Legal Services Coupons Special Features Press Releases Sponsored Content Classifieds Place an Ad – Celebrations Search Jobs Search Legal Notices Advertising 99¢ for 2 months READ NOW WORLD Israeli soccer fans injured in attacks that Amsterdam authorities call antisemitic BY JOHN YOON, JIN YU YOUNG AND JOHNATAN REISS NYT NEWS SERVICE/SYNDICATE STORIES UPDATED NOVEMBER 08, 2024 11:49 AM An Israeli citizen arrives at Ben Gurion airport in Lod, Israel, on Friday after an evacuation flight from Amsterdam, where Israeli soccer fans had been attacked Thursday by pro-Palestinian demonstrators

Video footage from Thursday night that the Times verified shows a large group of men wearing similar Maccabi paraphernalia being escorted by police at Amsterdam’s Centraal train station. Riding down escalators, they are heard using expletives in an anti-Arab chant in Hebrew. The Israeli Embassy in the Netherlands said that hundreds of Maccabi fans, who were in Amsterdam to see their team play against Ajax, were attacked Thursday evening into early Friday. “Mobs chanted anti-Israel slogans and proudly shared videos of their violent acts on social media — kicking, beating, even running over Israeli citizens,” the embassy said on social media.

99¢ for 2 months READ NOW WORLD Israeli soccer fans injured in attacks that Amsterdam authorities call antisemitic BY JOHN YOON, JIN YU YOUNG AND JOHNATAN REISS NYT NEWS SERVICE/SYNDICATE STORIES UPDATED NOVEMBER 08, 2024 11:49 AM An Israeli citizen arrives at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, Israel, on Friday following an evacuation flight from Amsterdam, where Israeli soccer supporters were attacked Thursday by pro-Palestinian activists prior to a match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv. ILIA YEFIMOVICH dpa/Sipa USA Authorities in Amsterdam on Friday were probing spurts of violence related to a soccer game between a Dutch club and an Israeli team, which Israeli and Dutch officials described as antisemitic attacks. According to UPI reports, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

As the attacks went on, Israel warned its citizens in Amsterdam to stay off the streets and remain in their hotel rooms. Maccabi Tel Aviv warned people not to show Israeli or Jewish symbols outside, and to fly back to Israel as soon as they could. “Our main goal is the safe and quick return of the fans to Israel,” the team wrote on social media. Videos on social media showed violent clashes on the city’s streets. One video verified by Reuters captured a crowd of more than a dozen men appearing to attack someone near the city center early Friday. The crowd dispersed when emergency sirens could be heard

Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated on social media that the photos and videos of the violence were something “we had hoped never to see again.” Geert Wilders, the leader of the largest party in the Dutch parliament and known for his anti-Muslim rhetoric, posted on social media that he was “ashamed that this can happen in the Netherlands.” Using fiery rhetoric in both English and Dutch, he urged the deportation of “criminal Muslims” and accused the government of failing to protect Israeli supporters. According to Dutch police, some of the unrest occurred in or near the Johan Cruyff Arena, which hosted the soccer game. Hundreds of Maccabi supporters had gathered in Amsterdam’s centre early Thursday afternoon.

Geert Wilders, the leader of the largest party in the Dutch parliament and known for his anti-Muslim rhetoric, posted on social media that he was “ashamed that this can happen in the Netherlands.” Using fiery rhetoric in both English and Dutch, he urged the deportation of “criminal Muslims” and accused the government of failing to protect Israeli supporters. According to Dutch police, some of the unrest occurred in or near the Johan Cruyff Arena, which hosted the soccer game. Hundreds of Maccabi supporters gathered in Amsterdam’s centre early Thursday afternoon, where the mood was first tense but progressively turned calmer, according to the police statement. Ten people were arrested there before the game, police claimed, largely for disrupting public order

People protesting the coming of Maccabi Tel Aviv battled with police on Anton de Komplein Square, near the stadium. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema had already ordered that the demonstration take place in the square rather than at the stadium. According to authorities, some 30 persons were arrested during the confrontation on accusations of breaking public order and lighting off fireworks toward officers. Antisemitic occurrences have increased in Europe as a result of Hamas’ attack on Israel in October 2023 and the subsequent conflict in Gaza. On Thursday, a bipartisan coalition of German legislators voted a resolution asking the government to do more to criminalize and otherwise punish antisemitic acts.