Police detained people in Amsterdam for taking part in a demonstration that was outlawed after violent clashes targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club.
Police detained several people Sunday for taking part in a demonstration in central Amsterdam that had been outlawed following violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club, a local broadcaster reported.
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema banned all demonstrations over the weekend in the aftermath of the grim scenes of youths on scooters and on foot attacking Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters on Thursday and Friday in what was widely condemned as a violent outburst of antisemitism in the Dutch capital.
Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands said that 2,000 Israelis were brought home on special flights from Amsterdam over the past few days. The attacks left five Israeli soccer fans hospitalized, and came as anger grows over .the war in the Gaza
Before the match against Ajax, Maccabi fans staged a pro-Israel demonstration in central Amsterdam where they chanted anti-Arab slogans on their way to the stadium. There were also reports of Maccabi fans starting fights.
Video shows a group of fans chanting “Let the Israeli army win” and “**** the Arabs” while dressed in gear to support their team, CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reported.
