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Maccabi Tel Aviv Soccer match In Amsterdam, Ajax against Ajax against the Dutch team became a global controversy last November.
Maccabi Tel Aviv FC supporters are reportedly targeted for violence in Amsterdam before and after a match against soccer team AJAX. Dozens Arrested And after a series of violent overnight incidents, five people were treated to hospital.
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On November 7th, 2024, a demonstration will be held at Anton de Compullin Square in Amsterdam ahead of the UEFA Europa League football match between AJAX and Maccabi Tel Aviv. (Jeroen Jumelet/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Over the weekend, the prosecutor’s office announced it had stopped investigating several Maccabi supporters after city tramcar company GVB deleted footage that could be used as evidence. The company swapped recording equipment at two metro stations in Amsterdam after night attacks and footage were lost.
Still, more than 12 people have already been indicted in connection with violence, some have already been convicted.
Two inquiries to the event said in a report Monday that the social media post, coupled with a lack of official information, promoted violence following the November match.
The Rotterdam-based Institute for Safety and Crisis Management said the lack of formal communication from the city could thrive on social media as the Amsterdam government is entrusted with investigating its response to violence.
Early on November 8th, the situation was so unclear that there was little or no official communication.
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In another report, Justice Department inspectors concluded that police were being prepared for massive demonstrations, not for “flash attacks” triggered by social media.
Both reports warned that even if communications improved, authorities were unable to fully control the rapidly spreading violence.
“The call and imagery spread quickly, strengthening existing tensions and could lead to group formation and conflict on the streets within a short period of time,” the 57-page report found.
Both reports warned that even if communications improved, authorities were unable to fully control the rapidly spreading violence.
The Justice Department report said “cases such as the removal of the Palestinian flag by Maccabi supporters were shared, interpreted and expanded within minutes.”
Prior to the game, pro-Palestinian protesters were banned from gathering outside the stadium by local authorities, and the video showed a crowd of Israeli fans chanting anti-Arab slogans on their way to the game. Later, young people on scooters crossed the streets looking for Israeli fans, punched and kicked them, quickly fled, and evaded the police, according to the Associated Press.
Danny Danon, the UN’s Israeli ambassador, previously issued an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital on the incident.
“We see the pogroms against the Jews and the Israelis unfolding in Amsterdam,” Danon said. “In 2024, this has to stop. “Intifada globalization” was not just a slogan for supporters of these terrorists. I urge the Dutch government to help all Israelis and Jews immediately. It’s time to respond with strength to these wild rioters. ”
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Advances of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Europa League football match between AJAX and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024 in Amsterdam, Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters are holding the flag in Dam Square. (Jeroen Jumelet/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Danon also explained in detail and posted a video to X.
“We have received extremely disturbing reports of extreme violence against Israelis and Jews on the streets of the Netherlands,” he writes. “There are pogroms currently taking place in Europe in 2024. These are the true faces of the supporters of radical terrorism we are fighting for. The Western world needs to wake up now!!!”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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