Washington DC: US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time)strongly condemned the recent attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam Friday, terming the incident “despicable and echo dark moments in history when Jews were persecuted.” Biden stated that he has been in contact with Israeli and Dutch officials and expressed his appreciation for the “commitment of Dutch authorities to hold the perpetrators accountable.”
Sharing a post on X(previously Twitter), Biden said, “The Antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam are despicable and echo dark moments in history when Jews were persecuted. We’ve been in touch with Israeli and Dutch officials and appreciate Dutch authorities’ commitment to holding the perpetrators accountable. We must relentlessly fight Antisemitism, wherever it emerges.”
The Antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam are despicable and echo dark moments in history when Jews were persecuted.
We’ve been in touch with Israeli and Dutch officials and appreciate Dutch authorities’ commitment to holding the perpetrators accountable.
We…
— President Biden (@POTUS) November 8, 2024
The statement follows an incident where Israeli soccer fans were assaulted in Amsterdam by young individuals on scooters in hit-and-run attacks. Dutch authorities indicated that the violence was likely spurred by social media posts encouraging attacks on Jewish people. In a post on X, the state of Israel condemned the attacks, drawing parallels to the persecution of Jews during Nazi rule in Germany.
בהערכת מצב במשרד החוץ: לא נקבל פגיעה ביהודים – לא באמסטרדם, לא באירופה, לא בשום מקום אחר. pic.twitter.com/taYRSvf4bG
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) November 8, 2024
“Hundreds of fans of Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club were ambushed and brutally attacked in Amsterdam last night after the match against AFC Ajax. Mobs chanted anti-Israel slogans and proudly shared videos of their violent acts on social media–kicking, beating, even running over Israeli citizens. On the eve of Kristallnacht–when Jews in Nazi Germany faced brutal attacks–it is horrifying to witness antisemitic violence on the streets of Europe once again. Israeli PM Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced Israel is sending an aid mission, including two rescue planes.”
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will not accept any harm to Jews anywhere in the world.
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