Modern-day pogrom in Amsterdam as antisemitic thugs attack Israeli Jews

Last night, Jewish Israeli football fans were reportedly targeted in a series of violent attacks.

We have received reports of shocking scenes across Amsterdam last night, where Jewish Israeli football fans appear to have been targeted in a series of violent attacks. Footage from the evening shows people running for their lives, an unconscious body being kicked in the street and a man begging for mercy as attackers yell ‘Free Palestine’.

Others were reportedly run over, and at least one man apparently had to jump into a canal to avoid further attack.

Information is still emerging but it appears that these attacks were pre-planned, with bands waiting at designated spots with knowledge of where the Israeli Jewish fans were and were staying. The attackers were reportedly armed with knives, clubs and other weapons, with information about the locations of fans even provided by taxi drivers.

It has been reported that Israel is sending rescue planes for the Jewish football fans.

The assailants are believed to be of Moroccan heritage.

It is understood that five people have been taken to hospital with injuries and Dutch police have arrested 62 people, but details about the arrests still remain scant.

Dutch authorities have said that they will provide extra police to the city and that there will be increased security around Jewish buildings over coming days.

One of the supporters said of the evening: “We don’t feel safe. You come to the game to have fun, but I can’t believe what happened here. I come here for a holiday, but it looked like a war zone.”

Media coverage of the event has been appalling, with many major outlets rushing to victim-blame the Israeli fans and play down the apparently orchestrated violence against the them.

A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “This is what ‘globalising the intifada’ looks like. We are receiving shocking reports of people running for their lives, unconscious bodies being kicked in the street and people begging for mercy as attackers yell ‘Free Palestine’. These images mirror early 20th century pogroms in Europe and elsewhere, where Jews were sought out by mobs and either ran or faced being beaten in the streets, or worse. We are witnessing levels of antisemitism not seen in our lifetime, and it is of the utmost importance that Britain acts against the antisemitic thugs here at home who have become increasingly emboldened. This is what happens when lax policing for over a year repeatedly succumbs to the mob. When are we going to wake up?”