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Crisis meeting about the violence against Israeli supporters

Prime Minister Dick Schoof cancels his trip to the UN climate meeting and the government holds a crisis meeting. This week's violent acts against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam continue to leave their mark on Dutch politics.

» Published: 09 November 2024

Crisis meeting about the violence against Israeli supporters
Photo: Tsafrir Abayov/AP/TT

The Netherlands and large parts of the world were shocked by the images that were broadcast from Amsterdam on Thursday.

Five supporters were taken to hospital, but without serious injuries and they have all been discharged.

In the Netherlands, the violence has led to a comprehensive debate about anti-Semitism and how to prevent violence against Jews and other groups in the future.

Compelling conversation

The government will hold a crisis meeting on Monday, and parliament will have an extra debate on the situation. This has led Prime Minister Dick Schoof to stay home from the UN climate meeting COP29 in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, which starts on Monday.

The major social consequences of Thursday's events make me stay home, he says according to De Telegraaf.

On Friday, Schoof left the EU summit in Budapest early to meet with representatives of the Dutch Jewish community.

"It was a compelling conversation about the sorrow and uncertainty that the Jewish community lives in. They see the daily consequences of increased anti-Semitism in the Netherlands", Schoof wrote on X after the meeting.

Amsterdam's mayor Femke Halsema promised on Friday enhanced security for Jews in the city and issued a temporary ban on protests over the weekend.

Mossad warned

The authorities have also launched an investigation into why the supporters did not receive increased protection, as the Israeli intelligence service Mossad had warned of threats against Israeli citizens.

About 800 police officers were called in to quell the violence, according to the police chief, an "unusually large effort" for the city. 62 people were arrested, most of whom have been released and fined.

After the events, Israelis have been urged to return home as soon as possible and not to display any "Israeli and Jewish symbols".

Maccabi Tel Aviv was to meet Turkish Besiktas in the European League in Istanbul on November 28. That match has been moved to a neutral country at the request of Turkish authorities, who fear unrest then as well.

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