Court issues prison sentences for Amsterdam 'pogrom'
A Dutch court has found five men guilty for their assault on Israeli football fans in the streets of Amsterdam. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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Five football fans were convicted of attacking Israelis following a match in the Netherlands.
An Amsterdam court has issued sentences for five individuals involved in last month's altercations between Dutch and Israeli football supporters, which Israeli officials characterized as a pogrom.
The violence took place on November 7, after a match between Ajax, a local team, and the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. The unrest was fueled by a surge in anti-Israeli sentiment due to the ongoing war in Gaza. Some perpetrators displayed Palestinian flags and shouted anti-Semitic slogans.
On Tuesday, the court declared five Dutch nationals guilty of committing violent acts against Israelis, with four receiving prison sentences ranging from one to six months. The fifth individual was sentenced to complete 100 hours of community service.
While confirming video evidence of assaults on Maccabi fans, the court also observed footage showing Israeli fans tearing down Palestinian flags, chanting anti-Arab slogans, and vandalizing taxis.
Despite varying reports regarding the specific events that triggered the violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the assaults on Israeli supporters as a “horrific anti-Semitic incident,” and President Isaac Herzog described them as “an anti-Semitic pogrom.”
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema attributed the unrest to “a toxic cocktail of anti-Semitism, football hooliganism, and anger over the war in Palestine and Israel and other parts of the Middle East.”
Halsema later expressed regret over using the term "pogrom" to describe the clashes, stating, “I saw how the word pogrom became very political and actually became propaganda,” and contended that it was being used to discriminate against Muslims living in the Netherlands.
Frederick R Cook contributed to this report for TROIB News
An Amsterdam court has issued sentences for five individuals involved in last month's altercations between Dutch and Israeli football supporters, which Israeli officials characterized as a pogrom.
The violence took place on November 7, after a match between Ajax, a local team, and the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. The unrest was fueled by a surge in anti-Israeli sentiment due to the ongoing war in Gaza. Some perpetrators displayed Palestinian flags and shouted anti-Semitic slogans.
On Tuesday, the court declared five Dutch nationals guilty of committing violent acts against Israelis, with four receiving prison sentences ranging from one to six months. The fifth individual was sentenced to complete 100 hours of community service.
While confirming video evidence of assaults on Maccabi fans, the court also observed footage showing Israeli fans tearing down Palestinian flags, chanting anti-Arab slogans, and vandalizing taxis.
Despite varying reports regarding the specific events that triggered the violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the assaults on Israeli supporters as a “horrific anti-Semitic incident,” and President Isaac Herzog described them as “an anti-Semitic pogrom.”
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema attributed the unrest to “a toxic cocktail of anti-Semitism, football hooliganism, and anger over the war in Palestine and Israel and other parts of the Middle East.”
Halsema later expressed regret over using the term "pogrom" to describe the clashes, stating, “I saw how the word pogrom became very political and actually became propaganda,” and contended that it was being used to discriminate against Muslims living in the Netherlands.
Frederick R Cook contributed to this report for TROIB News
