On November 7, 2024, Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv played a match against Dutch Ajax in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The situation escalated massively after the game — Israeli fans and Dutch fans started brawling… Israeli fans spotted some Palestinian flags on stores, placed by Dutch store owners out of solidarity with the people of Gaza. And tore down the flags.
The Dutch fans of Ajax then, angered, beat up the Israeli fans of Maccabi. In the end, the situation turned into a major battle in the streets of Amsterdam — Dutch fans, some of them Muslims, some just regular Dutch guys who were offended by the Israeli visitors, battling it out with fans of the other team. Eventually, the Dutch hooligans got the upper hand, and police had to intervene. The Maccabi fans retreated to the safety of their hotels or hid behind police officers. Netanyahu had to send up two airplanes to come retrieve his nation’s battered football fans from Amsterdam, outraged at their treatment.[1]
Dutch-Moroccan footballer Hakim Ziyech then wrote a viral tweet, sharing: “If they’re not up against women and children, they run away! #FreePalestine!” What does this tell us? Well, it’s obvious that Europe doesn’t like Israel very much anymore. Having a large percentage of Muslim citizens who feel solidarity with the Palestinian cause has something to do with it, but native Europeans appear quite “done” with Israel, too.
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