Israel, Netherlands condemn 'antisemitic' attacks on football fans in Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM — 

Antisemitic rioters "actively sought retired Israeli supporters to onslaught and battle them" aft a shot match, Amsterdam authorities said Friday arsenic Israel said it was sending planes to the Dutch superior to alert fans home.

An chartless fig of Israeli supporters were injured successful the Thursday nighttime unit that was condemned by the leaders of some the Netherlands and Israel arsenic antisemitic.

A connection issued by the Dutch capital's municipality, constabulary and prosecution bureau said that the nighttime aft the Europa League lucifer betwixt Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv "was precise turbulent with respective incidents of unit aimed astatine Maccabi supporters."

There was nary contiguous connection connected the fig of injured oregon arrests.

The unit erupted Thursday contempt a prohibition connected a pro-Palestinian objection adjacent the shot stadium imposed by Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema, who had feared that clashes would interruption retired betwixt protesters and supporters of the Israeli shot club.

Israel ordered that 2 planes beryllium sent to the Dutch superior to bring the Israelis home.

"The premier curate has directed that 2 rescue planes beryllium sent instantly to assistance our citizens," said a connection from Benjamin Netanyahu's office.

It added that "the harsh pictures of the battle connected our citizens successful Amsterdam volition not beryllium overlooked," and that Netanyahu "views the horrifying incidental with utmost gravity." He demanded that the Dutch authorities instrumentality "vigorous and swift action" against those involved.

Netanyahu's bureau added that helium had called for accrued information for the Jewish assemblage successful the Netherlands.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said connected X that helium followed reports of the unit "with horror."

"Completely unacceptable anti-Semitic attacks connected Israelis. I americium successful adjacent interaction with everyone involved," helium added, saying that helium had spoken to Netanyahu and "emphasized that the perpetrators volition beryllium tracked down and prosecuted. It is present quiescent successful the capital."

Geert Wilders, the hard close nationalist lawmaker whose Party for Freedom won elections successful the Netherlands past twelvemonth and who is simply a staunch state of Israel, reacted to a video seemingly showing a Maccabi instrumentality being surrounded by respective men.

"Looks similar a Jew hunt successful the streets of Amsterdam. Arrest and deport the multicultural scum that attacked Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters successful our streets. Ashamed that this tin hap successful The Netherlands. Totally unacceptable," Wilders said.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, besides condemned the unit successful a station connected the societal media level X.

Ajax won the Europa League lucifer 5-0.