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The Palestine Football Association also issued a statement saying it is “gravely concerned by the sequence of violent events in Amsterdam,” accusing Maccabi Tel Aviv fans of “incitement to ...
Rioters "actively sought out Israeli supporters to attack" after a football match in Amsterdam, authorities have said – as Israel said it was sending planes to the Dutch capital to fly fans home ...
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 ...
In 2008, a BBC correspondent said that the group was about 20% of the crowd. They are the most vocal in the stadium, and some local fans follow their gameday chants. [4] [5] The club's history is intertwined with the Betar Zionist youth movement, and has since been supported by several Israeli politicians on the political right. La Familia has ...
On 7 November 2024, following 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 Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, [3] an Arab taxi driver, [4] and pro-Palestinian protestors.
In 1948 the team became the national football team of Israel. [5] The Israel national team's first match as an independent nation was on 26 September 1948, against the US Olympic Team . The game was won by the US 1–3, and in the 20th minute of the game Shmuel Ben-Dror scored the first goal after the creation of the State of Israel.
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 ...
A Haaretz poll published in June 2011 identified Hapoel Tel Aviv as the second most popular football team among Israeli Arabs, behind Maccabi Haifa. [15] Another survey had been conducted in March 2012 by Yedioth showed that Hapoel is the fourth most popular team among Israeli football fans (nineteen percent). The same survey revealed that ...