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Hunting Jews in Amsterdam: A shameful failure of Europe!
In Amsterdam, Israelis were persecuted during a soccer match, revealing anti-Semitic attacks in Europe.
Hunting Jews in Amsterdam: A shameful failure of Europe!
Berlin (ots)
In a dramatic incident that shocked the world, Israelis were persecuted on Friday in Amsterdam, the city where Anne Frank once lived. Calls for “Free Palestine” and offensive insults echoed through the streets, while the persecutors unabashedly attacked even the hotel rooms of their victims. It was a dark picture of persecution in the middle of Europe, exactly one day before the historic November 9th, the date of Kristallnacht. The brutal hunt led Israel's President Izchak Herzog to describe the incidents as an anti-Semitic pogrom directed against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and other Israelis.
The situation escalated so quickly that Israeli airline El Al, which does not normally fly on Jewish Shabbat, set up rescue flights to the city. Israel's National Security Council issued clear warnings: "Avoid movement on the streets and stay in your hotel rooms." These events shed a shameful light on the safety of Jews in Western Europe - a region that describes itself as tolerant and open has failed. Even King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands was horrified and said that the Jewish community was abandoned in World War II and that this had happened again.
Chaos on the streets
Witness reports describe a night full of chaos and violent attacks that cannot easily be attributed to a fan conflict. The scale of the violence was beyond imagination - mobs hunted down and attacked Israelis, while some even proudly shared the horrors of their attacks on social media. This is not just a protest against the Gaza war; it is a direct attack on the lives and safety of people because of their origins.
The public reaction to these violent attacks in Amsterdam is shocking. Such incidents are part of a disturbing trend in Western Europe and the United States, where Jews and Israelis face prejudice and violence that have nothing to do with the current political situation in the Middle East. More and more Israel-friendly events require police protection, and the proportion of Israeli artists who are not invited is growing. The question remains: How long can we continue to ignore that it is time to get serious about protecting the Jewish community?