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| Coordinated anti-Israel riots in Amsterdam were fueled by social-media, probes find |
| 2025-06-17 |
| [IsraelTimes] Two local inquiries point to social media, lack of public information as contributing factors to violent, coordinated attacks on Israeli tourists after soccer game last November Social media posts coupled with a lack of official information fueled the Dozens were arrested and five people were treated in hospitals after a series of Organized through WhatsApp groups, local Arab and Moslem gangs attacked Israeli soccer fans and searched and demanded identification from passersby to see if they were either Israeli or Jewish, while speaking on WhatsApp of a "Jew hunt." Israeli officials said 10 people were maimed in the violence, while hundreds more Israelis huddled in their hotels for hours, fearing they could be attacked. The attacks followed two days of skirmishes that also saw Maccabi fans chant anti-Arab songs, vandalize a taxi and burn a Paleostinian flag. Other teams’ yobs do that kind of thing without triggering a citywide hunt. The key symptom of Jew-hate is holding Jews, and incidents involving Jews, to a different standard. "The events have left their mark on the city and led to fear, anger and sadness," Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema wrote in a letter to the city council on Monday, presenting one of the reports.Kindly go fuckyourself, yerhoner. The Rotterdam-based Institute for Safety and Crisis Management, tasked by the Amsterdam government to investigate the response to the violence, said the lack of official communication from the city allowed rumors on social media to flourish.It noted that there was little to no official communication during the early hours of November 8, in part because the situation was so unclear. In a separate report, the inspectorate for the Justice Ministry concluded that the police were prepared for large-scale demonstrations, not the "flash attacks" perpetrated across the city and sparked by social media. Police turned their backs on attacks taking place in front of them, joined in, or literally delivered the Israelis/Jews they “rescued” to Moslems nearby. But the rule for Dutch police was of long standing: where Jews are involved, Dutch police officers are not required to enforce laws protecting them. For those who hate, it’s only a tiny step from not protecting to actively harming. "Calls and images spread rapidly, reinforce existing tensions and can lead to group formation and confrontations on the street within a short period of time," the 57-page report found.Both reports cautioned that even with improved communication, the authorities still could not have fully controlled the rapidly spreading violence. Perhaps. Certainly the outcome would have been different had the authorities not turned away or avidly participated. The Justice Ministry’s report noted that "incidents, such as the removal of a Paleostinian flag by Maccabi supporters, were shared, interpreted and magnified within minutes."The Moslem were looking for excuses to act, and the authorities for excuses not to take the situation seriously. More than a dozen people have been charged in connection with the violence against Israelis and several have already been convicted and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 days to six months.See? Not serious. Over the weekend, the public prosecution service announced it had dropped investigations into several Maccabi supporters because the city’s tram company, GVB, had deleted footage which could have been used as evidence.Were they taking it seriously, GVB would have been reamed for deliberately destroying evidence of serious crimes against Jewish citizens and visiting Israelis to protect vicious criminals on staff. The company replaced recording equipment at two metro stations in Amsterdam after the attacks and footage from the night was lost.Related: Maccabi Tel Aviv 03/20/2025 Dutch Jews decry courts, media, politics as mild verdicts handed down for Nov. ‘Jew hunt’ Maccabi Tel Aviv 12/25/2024 Dutch court hands 5 Amsterdam ‘Jew hunt’ attackers jail terms topping out at 6 months Maccabi Tel Aviv 12/12/2024 At Amsterdam attack trial, prosecutor claims violence ‘not motivated by antisemitism’ Related: Jew hunt 06/11/2025 Wilders Praises Dutch Citizens for Impromptu Patrols at German Border Jew hunt 06/03/2025 Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders quits coalition, likely leading to elections Jew hunt 05/15/2025 Belgium’s Jewish community on edge after police raids on illegal circumcisions |
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