r/JewsOfConscience • u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_ Jewish Anti-Zionist • Nov 08 '24

News Maccabi fans, pro-Palestinians clash in Amsterdam

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/42260727/maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-clash-pro-palestinian-protesters-ajax-europa-league-match
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u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_ Jewish Anti-Zionist Nov 08 '24 edited Nov 08 '24

Just want to point out that this story was all over X first and videos showed the Maccabi fans harassing people, singing genocidal chants, and vandalizing or tearing down Palestinian flags from locals.

An Amsterdam city council member summarizes what actually happened:

The Israeli fans instigated the violence after arriving in the city and attacking Palestinian supporters before the match, an Amsterdam city council member said.

“They began attacking houses of people in Amsterdam with Palestinian flags, so that’s actually where the violence started,” councilman Jazie Veldhuyzen told Al Jazeera on Friday.

“As a reaction, Amsterdammers mobilised themselves and countered the attacks that started on Wednesday by the Maccabi hooligans.”

It began when Maccabi fans attacked a Moroccan taxi driver & were burning Palestinian flags on Wednesday, the 6th - this is before the 'attacks' by locals began.

So there is ZERO doubt about who began this drama.

The corporate media and politicians are framing this as a random, bigoted attack.

More sources:

https://x.com/BenJamalpsc/status/1854907483296354574?t=7f4_tbAjz3TzWliaA57xHA&s=19

https://x.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1854839444928422191

https://x.com/GuyShahar93/status/1854583313312186435

https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1854611633118810216

https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1854726431269700016

During the actual match, the Maccabi fans disrupted a moment of silence for the victims of the mass flooding in Spain.

https://x.com/Johnpatrick500/status/1854742600906948665

https://x.com/leylahamed/status/1854651497604129256

https://x.com/leylahamed/status/1854661181333475799

There were clashes that followed - but the press is framing it as a 'pogrom' with no mention of how the Maccabi fans themselves started this drama and engaged in the violence and mayhem.

And of course, on Reddit, that same narrative is being proliferated - mostly by citing right-wing pro-Israel press. But even the American press is pushing that narrative.

In reality, it's football hooliganism and pent-up rage at Israel's genocide - since those Maccabi fans made it political.

There's certainly a lot of hate going around - but the pro-Israel response and framing of this story as a 'pogrom' or that these football fans are innocent bystanders? Absolute nonsense.

Maccabi fans previously, randomly, attacked Palestiniansan Egyptian in Athens, Greece back in March:

https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1765797229267222999

https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1765845804307058769?t=SD91HjqHZYH2ZgdEihut9Q&s=19

Picked up by TRT World:

https://x.com/trtworld/status/1766058782876995789

Longer version which shows the initiation of violence by Maccabi fans:

https://x.com/EretzIsrael/status/1765894972199325970

It's so wildly dishonest how this story is being reported, especially when this club's fanbase has a history of hooliganism.

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u/NYCQuilts Nov 08 '24

If it is true that this is the second time Maccabi fans have instigated violence, Israel should be banned from competition.

Either way the Israeli government gets to promote the idea that the world is a hotbed of violent antisemitism and the government needs fighter jets at the ready to rescue poor beleaguered fans.

Meanwhile Jews and Arabs living in Amsterdam suffer because outsiders instigated violence.