THE HAGUE: Israeli and Dutch leaders on Friday (Nov 8) condemned “anti-Semitic” clashes that erupted after a Europa League soccer match in Amsterdam in a single day, with Israel sending rescue planes for his or her residents.
The violence flared after the sport between Maccabi Tel-Aviv and residential crew Ajax, which received 5-0.
A Dutch police spokesperson informed ANP information company that 57 individuals had been arrested, with out offering additional particulars.
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof denounced the “utterly unacceptable anti-Semitic assaults on Israelis”.
“I adopted with horror the protection from Amsterdam,” Schoof wrote on X, including that he had spoken along with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to guarantee him that “the perpetrators will likely be tracked down and prosecuted”.
The pair spoke after Netanyahu ordered rescue planes to the Netherlands to move the Israeli followers again house.
Netanyahu’s workplace stated he informed Schoof that he “views the premeditated anti-Semitic assault in opposition to Israeli residents with utmost seriousness and requested elevated safety for the Jewish group within the Netherlands”, his workplace stated.
Dutch media AT5 stated the clashes occurred round midnight. Social media platforms had been flooded with unverified photographs presupposed to be of the violence, however confirmed particulars of the clashes had been few.
AT5 stated that quite a few fights, in addition to acts of vandalism, had occurred within the metropolis centre.
“Numerous cellular unit autos are current and reinforcements have additionally been known as in,” it stated. “Younger individuals additionally allegedly provoked the police”.
Photos on AT5 confirmed Dutch police escorting followers again to their motels.
