How are things there tonight?
Tonight nothing happened, Amsterdam quieted down.
But here is a Google translation of the lamestream media this morning:
This is what we now know about the violence against Israeli supporters in Amsterdam
By our news editors
Nov 9, 2024 at 6:00 AMUpdate: 2 hours ago
In Amsterdam, dozens of Israeli supporters were attacked during the night from Thursday to Friday after the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Mayor Femke Halsema calls it an anti-Semitic outbreak of violence. This is what we now know about the violence.
As far as is known, the attacks were carried out by "boys who rode criss-cross through the city on scooters". This made it difficult for the police to prevent the attacks. The rioters quickly left after the assaults and then used violence in other places.
In the vicinity of the Johan Cruijff ArenA, it remained quiet after the final whistle. Violent incidents occurred especially in the center of the capital. There were large groups there at night looking for Israeli supporters who were on their way to their hotel. Images are circulating on the internet showing how they approached people and asked to show their passports.
If there was a suspicion that the people were Israeli, they were beaten and kicked. This can be seen in the video below, but the shocking images are not for everyone.
Images show violent incidents after Ajax-Maccabi
Officers managed to arrest 62 people during the night. Ten of them were still in custody on Friday evening: eight adults and two minors.
The suspects are in custody for public violence against individuals and groups. The group that has since been released is suspected of insulting and throwing fireworks. On Friday evening, the police arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of violence against a person based on images.
After the attacks, five people were treated for their injuries in hospital. They were all able to leave the hospital on Friday morning. Another twenty to thirty people suffered minor injuries.
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Mayor Halsema speaks of a "pitch-black night", but denies that the police were not well prepared. According to Halsema and police chief Peter Holla, an "exceptionally large" police force was deployed, up to 800 officers and 270 members of the mobile unit (ME).
The duo explained at a press conference that the police ultimately decided to gather the Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters in a large group. The ME was able to protect them there. The supporters were then taken to their extra-secure hotels. Peace returned to the centre of Amsterdam around 3:00 am.
The previous night, there had also been unrest in the capital. According to football platform Ultras, a fight broke out several times between Maccabi supporters and pro-Palestinian activists during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. The police also reported that a Palestinian flag had been pulled from a facade on the Rokin in Amsterdam, as can be seen in the video below.
Also on Thursday afternoon, there were a few riots between Maccabi supporters and pro-Palestinian protesters on Dam Square before the match. The police arrested ten people.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is investigating whether the violence was organized in advance. In addition, the OM is looking into whether there are connections between the suspects and how they came to commit the violent actions, said chief prosecutor René de Beukelaer at the press conference. Detectives are using camera footage of the violence.
The police are calling on people who have other images of the violence to share them with the police.
The Israeli government has responded to the violence several times. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to send two planes to Amsterdam to bring back Israeli citizens, but the Israeli government later in the day decided against it.
Netanyahu called Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Friday morning and PVV leader Geert Wilders on Friday afternoon. The Dutch politicians expressed their horror at the violence and assured the Israeli prime minister that the perpetrators would be prosecuted. King Willem-Alexander spoke with Israeli president Isaac Herzog.
There are also rumors about information that the Israeli security services allegedly shared with the Dutch services. An Israeli journalist shared on X that the secretary-general of the Israeli ministry for Diaspora allegedly said that. Wilders shared that message on X.
However, Halsema refutes reports that the Dutch intelligence service AIVD had been alerted by Israel about possible attacks. "The Justice Department has told us that this is not true," Halsema said at the press conference. NU.nl has tried several times to verify the secretary-general's statement with the Israeli ministry, so far without success.
Halsema had previously requested an "additional threat assessment" from the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV). She did so because of the combination of the match, the commemoration of Kristallnacht on the same day and because of the tensions in the city surrounding the pro-Palestinian protests. According to the NCTV, Amsterdam had to take measures, but there was no concrete threat of derailment.
Many politicians condemned the violence and Maccabi fans are angry. They believe that the Dutch police failed, because they were 'nowhere to be seen' in several places.
In Amsterdam zijn in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag tientallen Israëlische supporters aangevallen na de Europa League-wedstrijd tussen Ajax en Maccabi Tel Aviv. Burgemeester Femke Halsema noemt het een antisemitische geweldsuitbarsting. Dit weten we nu over het geweld.
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