Moment Maccabi Israel football fans attacked by 'antisemitic' mob during Amsterdam riots, leaving at least 10 injured. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced two planes are being sent to bring under-attack fans back home to safety.
Chaos has broken out in Amsterdam as pro-Palestine protesters have clashed with Dutch police after officers moved in on a banned demonstration in the aftermath of the attacks on Israeli football fans in the city.
This comes after it was revealed that the Amsterdam rioters reportedly planned a Jew hunt on Telegram before they launched their violent attack on Israeli football fans. Police in riot gear today moved in on the protesters who were chanting slogans and holding up placards at Dam square in the wake of clashes between Israeli football fans and groups of youths on Thursday
Van der Linde wanted to protest on the Dam against the 'genocide in Gaza, but also because our right to protest has been taken away,' Dutch national news agency ANP quoted him as saying. Among the arrested protesters is Amsterdam city council member Jazie Veldhuyzen of De Vonk, who told De Telegraaf after the arrest: 'I was just arrested on Dam Square during a pro-Palestine demonstration where I went to check on police action. When the group was arrested I decided to get arrested in solidarity with the demonstrators.'
The attacks have been denounced by political leaders. Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday he was 'horrified by the anti-Semitic attacks on Israeli citizens'. Relieved to be home: A fan of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel-Aviv is met by a family member at Ben Gurion International Airport
She said on Friday: 'Boys on scooters were driving through the town looking for Maccabi supporters, it was hit and run.She said the events were reminiscent of pogroms - spates of violent anti-Jewish riots first perpetrated in the Russian Empire - and Kristallnacht, the night of relentless Nazi violence against the Jews of Germany, which took place 86 years ago.
Some 800 officers were deployed to tackle the violence, but police admitted that things got out of control. Maccabi Tel-Aviv fans carry flags as they wait for the arrival of their friends and family members from Amsterdam, at the Ben Gurion International Airport
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