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At least five people have been hospitalized and 62 others were detained after a night of violence targeting Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam on Thursday, authorities said. The Israeli National ...
On 6 and 7 November 2024, before and after a UEFA Europa League football match in Amsterdam between Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dutch club AFC Ajax, tensions over the Israel–Hamas war escalated to violence. Targets of the violence included an Arab taxi driver, [3] pro-Palestinian protesters, [2] and Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans.
During the meeting, Netanyahu compared the antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans to Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass,” when the Nazi regime attacked Jewish-owned businesses ...
Israel's government sent two rescue planes to Amsterdam to evacuate its citizens who were injured in an outbreak of violence linked to a soccer game. Israeli soccer fans attacked in incident ...
Another Israeli fan, Alyia Cohen, said upon arriving back in Israel that he would go back to Amsterdam for future matches. “We are not afraid of anything, ours is the people of Israel.” Five people were treated in the hospital and released, while some 20 to 30 people suffered light injuries, police said.
Ahead of a football game between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, violence erupted as football hooligans, fans, taxi drivers and pro-Palestinian activists clashed near the canals and tramlines of Amsterdam.
During a December 2007 Toto Cup semi-final game between Beitar Jerusalem and the Israeli-Arab team Bnei Sakhnin, La Familia sang provocative chants insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The Israel Football Association (IFA) punished Beitar by forcing them to play their next game against Sakhnin with no fans present. Vandals set fire to the ...
The Israel Football Association called for a minute's silence prior to the weekend's football matches, though it was marred in Sakhnin where some supporters of the Arab Bnei Sakhnin team booed. Bnei Sakhnin F.C. spokesman Mundar Haleileh said his club honored the moment of silence, "but we don't have full control over all fans.