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Israeli fans were assaulted after a soccer game in Amsterdam by hordes of young people apparently riled up by calls on social media to target Jewish people, Dutch authorities said Friday. Five people were treated for injuries at hospitals and dozens were arrested.

Ahead of the game, large crowds of supporters of the Israeli team could be seen on video chanting anti-Arab slogans as they headed to the stadium, escorted by police.

“Let the IDF win, and (expletive) the Arabs,” the fans chanted, using the acronym of the Israeli military, as they shook their fists. It also showed police pushing several pro-Palestinian protesters away from a Maccabi fan gathering in a square earlier in the day.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The report is someone saying they saw someone on telegram who claimed they saw it somewhere else...

That's a credible claim to you?

Even ignoring all the propaganda Israel and it's far right get up to, those unfounded claims are enough to retroactively excuse crowds of Israelis cheering genocide?

Everyone has different morals, but I'm afraid ours are so far out of alignment I really don't want to continue

[–] The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net -1 points 3 days ago

There are more articles out there reporting on the same thing. Just because it might not fit your preconceived notions, or the narrative that you have already decided on, it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Here, for example, if you scroll down:

We've just heard from two people from Britain's Jewish community who attended the football match in Amsterdam.

(...)

“We got to one of the central areas and we saw mopeds turn up and some guys started beating an Israeli guy going back to his hotel," he says, adding they were referring to his religion and stomping on his head.

(...)

“Shortly after, the same men that had attacked the Israeli came up to us right into our personal space, saying are you Jewish? We said no, we are British," he says.

(...)

"They were looking for Jews not just Israelis," he says.

This coming from British men, as reported by the BBC. BBC also release this article a couple of day ago; do you think they are just running propaganda for Israel?

Just because Israel is committing genocide in Palestine, you don't have to condone or try to downplay this type of behavior. You can support Palestine and still acknowledge that this behavior was grounded in antisemitism. Or do you find it unlikely that in central Europe, and with the rise of the far right, there are Nazis and other antisemites? Not to mention football hooligans are usually quite right wing.