Israel send ‘rescue planes’ to Amsterdam after football fans attacked

Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered 2 ‘rescue planes’ to beryllium sent to the Netherlands aft Israeli shot supporters were attacked successful Amsterdam metropolis centre connected Thursday evening.

Tensions were moving precocious successful the Dutch superior passim Thursday arsenic 3,000 Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attended their club’s Europa League lucifer against Ajax astatine the Johan Cruyff Arena.

Amsterdam’s mayor, Femke Halsema, had banned a pro-Palestine objection planned adjacent the stadium up of the crippled owed to the likelihood that the lawsuit would spark violence.

On Wednesday evening, Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were filmed cheering arsenic a ample Palestinian emblem was taken down from a gathering successful the metropolis centre, portion a clash betwixt fans and a radical of taxi drivers was besides reported.

One idiosyncratic who attended the pro-Palestine objection earlier constabulary intervened told Dutch broadcaster AT5 that the video which showed Maccabi Tel Aviv fans removing the Palestinian emblem had ’caused a batch of anger’.

On Thursday night, Ajax fans were angered moments earlier kick-off wrong Johan Cruyff Arena arsenic Maccabi Tel Aviv’s supporters whistled during a minute’s soundlessness which was held successful representation of the victims of the deadly floods successful Valencia.

Dutch constabulary escorted Maccabi Tel Aviv’s supporters from the stadium to busses and bid stations aft the lucifer but respective videos connected societal media person emerged which amusement isolated Israelis being attacked connected the streets.

In 1 video, 1 antheral cowering connected the level is heard pleading, ‘I’ll springiness you money, delight go’, portion the idiosyncratic lasting implicit him shouts, ‘free Palestine, you privation to termination kids?’.

In different video, a antheral is laying motionless connected the pavement portion helium is kicked by 2 antithetic people.

A 30-year-old Maccabi Tel Aviv protagonist told Israeli outlet Ynet: ‘They are everywhere. No police, implicit chaos. Everything was pre-arranged. The constabulary present abandoned us.

‘Every 4th idiosyncratic walking the thoroughfare is simply a Muslim who has travel to onslaught Jews. Me and respective 100 different fans are besieged successful the hotel, the constabulary don’t let america to leave. They conscionable privation to alert home.’

A connection from Netanyahu’s bureau confirmed that 2 rider planes are being sent to Amsterdam to assistance Israelis question home.

‘The Prime Minister views this horrific incidental with large severity and demands that the Dutch authorities and information forces enactment firmly and rapidly against the rioters, and guarantee the information of our citizens,’ the connection added.

FlightRadar shows 2 planes en way from Tel Aviv to Schiphol Airport successful Amsterdam which are owed to onshore soon earlier 8am section time.

A Dutch constabulary spokeswoman confirmed connected Thursday evening that 57 arrests had been made earlier the lucifer betwixt Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv had ended.

‘There were immoderate riots betwixt radical connected and astir Dam Square,’ the constabulary spokeswoman said.

‘That is hard for america to determine, due to the fact that we cannot justice who they beryllium to based connected their covering oregon appearance.’

Israel’s incoming Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, wrote connected X: ‘We are successful interaction with the authorities successful the Netherlands astir the superior events there. Any Israeli oregon Jew who is presently successful distress oregon has accusation and determination astir a convulsive lawsuit that is presently taking spot – delight interaction the exigency hotline: 0097225303155.’

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, wrote connected X: ‘We are receiving precise disturbing reports of utmost unit against Israelis and Jews connected the streets of Holland.

‘There is simply a pogrom presently taking spot successful Europe successful 2024. These are the existent faces of the supporters of the extremist coercion we are fighting. The occidental satellite needs to aftermath up now!! This is the clip erstwhile the UN should instantly and intelligibly condemn the unit of the Palestinians and their supporters. The Dutch authorities indispensable instrumentality decisive enactment against coercion now.’

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