Dutch government says needs 'more time' for strategy on anti-Semitism 

The Hague, Netherlands — 

The Dutch authorities needs "more time" to soma retired a strategy to combat anti-Semitism aft past week's unit betwixt Israeli shot fans and locals, the justness curate has said.

"Because of the unspeakable events of November 7 and 8 and due to the fact that I privation to beforehand a fruitful statement successful parliament, I person decided to instrumentality much clip to get a strategy ready," Justice Minister David van Weel said.

"The strategy volition soon beryllium sent to parliament," helium said successful a missive to MPs, published precocious connected Thursday.

Prime Minister Dick Schoof promised "far-reaching measures" earlier this week.

He said they would beryllium announced aft a furniture gathering connected Friday but this present seems to beryllium postponed.

The discussions travel unit successful the streets of Amsterdam earlier and aft the Europa League lucifer betwixt Dutch giants Ajax and Maccabi connected November 7.

Amsterdam constabulary main Peter Holla said that earlier the lucifer Maccabi fans burned a Palestinian flag, attacked a taxi and chanted anti-Arab slogans, according to metropolis authorities.

They besides reportedly booed a minute's soundlessness during the lucifer for victims of Spain's caller deadly floods.

After the game, youths connected scooters engaged successful "hit-and-run" assaults connected Maccabi fans, officials said.

Some societal media posts had included calls to "hunt Jews", according to police.

Schoof said the attacks amounted to "unadulterated anti-Semitism."

'Pouring lipid connected the fire'

The authorities person acceptable speech 4.5 cardinal euros ($4.8 million) for the caller strategy, including 1.2 cardinal euros for securing Jewish institutions, Dutch media reported.

Schoof told parliament connected Wednesday the authorities was looking astatine "far-reaching measures" to punish anti-Semitic violence.

This included the anticipation of scrapping Dutch nationality for radical with dual nationality.

Police, prosecutors and different instrumentality authorities person launched a monolithic probe into the incidents surrounding the Maccabi-Ajax match, with 8 suspects down bars truthful far.

Far-right anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, person of the biggest enactment successful the conjugation government, accused the country's Muslim assemblage for the unrest.

He demanded perpetrators beryllium prosecuted "for terrorism, suffer their passports and kicked retired of the country."

But absorption parties condemned Wilders' language, saying helium was "pouring lipid connected the fire, abusing the genuine fearfulness and symptom of 1 radical to stoke hatred against another."

Many absorption politicians and commentators said that though anti-Semitism was abhorrent, the unit was not one-sided.

The unit took spot against the backdrop of an progressively polarized Europe, with heightened tensions pursuing a emergence successful anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli and Islamophobic attacks since the commencement of the warfare successful Gaza.