Amsterdam Violence Continues Pattern of Jewish Athletes Targeted in Europe
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans behaved reprehensibly in Amsterdam but the following violence is part of a broader pattern targeting Jewish athletes from football to frisbee.
Antisemitic incidents in the Netherlands have been soaring. In 2023, the Dutch government registered 379 incidents, up from just 155 in 2022.
Most of these were written statements received by Jewish citizens by email or post, while the others ranged from defacing Jewish sites of worship, physical attacks, insults, and vandalism.
However, this alarming rise was no fair warning for the scale of the violence seen in Amsterdam since a Europa League match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv on November 7.
The Guardian has put together a full account of events so far, but briefly, tensions escalate…
