DUTCH POLITICIAN CONDEMNS MACCABI HOOLIGAN VIOLENCE IN AMSTERDAM

DUTCH POLITICIAN CONDEMNS MACCABI HOOLIGAN VIOLENCE IN AMSTERDAM
“Amsterdam was terrorised by genocide glorifiers who thought like they, as some sort of colonists, could make Amsterdam unsafe.”

On Wednesday, Dutch politician and leader of the DENK party Stephan van Baarle, condemned Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligan violence in Amsterdam, during an emergency debate regarding last week’s clashes.

Last week Israeli hooligans, supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv football club, stirred trouble on Wednesday and Thursday in different parts of the Dutch capital ahead of their Uefa Europa League match against Amsterdam club Ajax.

Amid the provocations against Arabs in the city, clashes erupted between the Israeli hooligans and some youth before and after the match and late into the night.

The mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, had also moved a pro-Palestine protest away from the stadium, which was planned by a group of demonstrators who wanted to express their discontent with hosting the Israeli team.