Court issues prison sentences for Amsterdam 'pogrom'
A Dutch court has sentenced five individuals for their involvement in an assault on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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Five football fans have been convicted in connection with attacks on Israelis following a match in the Netherlands.
An Amsterdam court delivered its verdicts regarding last month’s altercations between Dutch and Israeli football supporters, which Israeli officials characterized as a pogrom.
These clashes took place on November 7 after a game featuring the local team Ajax against the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. The violence was fueled by a rise in anti-Israeli sentiment related to the ongoing war in Gaza. Some of the aggressors were seen waving Palestinian flags and chanting antisemitic slogans.
On Tuesday, the court found five Dutch nationals guilty of assaulting Israelis, imposing prison sentences ranging from one to six months on four of them. The fifth individual received a sentence of 100 hours of community service.
Evidence presented during the trial included video footage showing assaults on Maccabi fans; however, the court also observed clips in which Israeli fans were seen tearing down Palestinian flags, shouting anti-Arab slogans, and vandalizing taxis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the assaults on Israeli fans, describing them as a “horrific antisemitic incident,” while President Isaac Herzog referred to them as “an antisemitic pogrom.”
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema attributed the violence to “a toxic cocktail of antisemitism, football hooliganism and anger over the war in Palestine and Israel and other parts of the Middle East.”
Later, she expressed regret over her choice of words, stating that she believed the term "pogrom" had become overly politicized and was being used as propaganda, particularly to discriminate against Muslims living in the Netherlands.
Sanya Singh for TROIB News
An Amsterdam court delivered its verdicts regarding last month’s altercations between Dutch and Israeli football supporters, which Israeli officials characterized as a pogrom.
These clashes took place on November 7 after a game featuring the local team Ajax against the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. The violence was fueled by a rise in anti-Israeli sentiment related to the ongoing war in Gaza. Some of the aggressors were seen waving Palestinian flags and chanting antisemitic slogans.
On Tuesday, the court found five Dutch nationals guilty of assaulting Israelis, imposing prison sentences ranging from one to six months on four of them. The fifth individual received a sentence of 100 hours of community service.
Evidence presented during the trial included video footage showing assaults on Maccabi fans; however, the court also observed clips in which Israeli fans were seen tearing down Palestinian flags, shouting anti-Arab slogans, and vandalizing taxis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the assaults on Israeli fans, describing them as a “horrific antisemitic incident,” while President Isaac Herzog referred to them as “an antisemitic pogrom.”
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema attributed the violence to “a toxic cocktail of antisemitism, football hooliganism and anger over the war in Palestine and Israel and other parts of the Middle East.”
Later, she expressed regret over her choice of words, stating that she believed the term "pogrom" had become overly politicized and was being used as propaganda, particularly to discriminate against Muslims living in the Netherlands.
Sanya Singh for TROIB News
