Clashes in Amsterdam after Israeli vandalism, provocations
Widely circulated videos on social media show Israeli football fans vandalizing private property, assaulting a local taxi driver, and clashing with law enforcement officials. | Violence erupted across Amsterdam late Thursday when supporters of Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv reportedly stormed through the city, tearing down Palestinian flags displayed on private property and chanting incendiary slogans, according to reports. The events, which unfolded before and after Maccabi’s match against Ajax, has ignited widespread outrage, with accounts of Israeli fans clashing with bystanders, damaging property, and burning a Palestinian flag. Widely circulated videos on social media show Maccabi fans vandalizing private property, assaulting a local taxi driver, and clashing with law enforcement officials. ■ Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone News, commented on the footage, saying,
💬 "Many videos going around of Israeli soccer goons vandalizing property in Amsterdam, attacking cops and bystanders, and ripping down Palestinian flags. Now this fascist infestation is playing the victim and waiting for airlifts back to the colonies."
Sports journalist Leyla Hamed also said, "hooligans from the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv marched through the streets of Amsterdam… They stole Palestinian flags from homes and even set a Palestinian flag on fire."
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