Israeli football fans were found to have caused trouble before being attacked, Amsterdam mayor says it is not an excuse
After an Israeli football fan was attacked in Amsterdam, Netherlands. After traveling to cheer on Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Europa League match against Ajax on November 7. The Israeli government had to send two planes to bring the fan back.
The latest report says that five fans who were hospitalized have been allowed to return home. While another 20-30 fans sustained minor injuries. Most of the 62 people previously arrested have been released, with around 10 still in custody.
While the BBC reported that there was a video clip shared on social media during the สมัคร ufabet match. It was found that a group of Maccabi fans were singing and shouting racist messages about Arabs and Palestinians. With some fans climbing a building to tear off the Palestinian flag.
There is also a clip of some Maccabi fans making noise and whistling. During a moment of silence in the stadium for those killed in the floods in Valencia, Spain, last week.
The BBC also reported that some Maccabi fans had previously made racist remarks and pressured the club to expel players of Arab and Palestinian descent, as well as attacking protesters against Prime Minister Netanyahu.
As Amsterdam police chief Peter Holla told reporters, a group of Maccabi fans attacked a taxi and set a Palestinian flag on fire on November 6, a day before attacks on Israeli fans in several areas.
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said that Amsterdam has now been declared a risk zone, and protests, masks or other face coverings are not allowed in Amsterdam. No matter what the cause of the violence is, what happened is a crime that has no excuse.