Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched rescue planes to Amsterdam on Friday after violent Arab mobs orchestrated a targeted ‘Pogrom’ against Jews coming out of a Europa League soccer game.
Hundreds were ambushed at different exits outside of the stadium as fans left the game, which included a match between a local Amsterdam team and an Israeli team from Tel Aviv.
Witnesses told the media that individuals leaving who were identified as Jewish were descended upon by the Muslim mob, chased with knives, and violently beaten, with footage confirming that at least one individual was intentionally struck by a vehicle. Israeli news organizations reported that Jewish fans resorted to barricading themselves in shops and nearby buildings.
According to Arutz Sheva, “One of the fans was forced to say ‘Free Palestine’ before he was let go,” adding that three victims are currently unaccounted for.
Netanyahu’s office stated that the Prime Minister “views the horrifying incident with utmost gravity and demands that the Dutch government and security forces take vigorous and swift action against the rioters, and ensure the safety of our citizens.”
“The harsh pictures of the assault on our citizens in Amsterdam will not be overlooked,” the statement underscored.
An Israeli witness stated that it took Amsterdam police 45-60 minutes to arrive at the scene after the attacks began. Police eventually intervened, with a spokesperson confirming the arrest of dozens involved in the riot.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon referred to the antisemitic riot as a “Pogrom,” a term referencing violent mob attacks orchestrated for the express purpose of targeting Jews.
“We are receiving very disturbing reports of extreme violence against Israelis and Jews on the streets of Holland. There is a pogrom currently taking place in Europe in 2024,” Dannon charged.
“These are the true faces of the supporters of the radical terrorism we are fighting. The Western world needs to wake up now!!” he urged. “This is the time when the UN should immediately and clearly condemn the violence of the Palestinians and their supporters. The Dutch authorities must take decisive action against terrorism now.”
We are receiving very disturbing reports of extreme violence against Israelis and Jews on the streets of Holland. There is a pogrom currently taking place in Europe in 2024.
These are the true faces of the supporters of the radical terrorism we are fighting. The western worldโฆ pic.twitter.com/LwMC6q1Grf— Danny Danon ๐ฎ๐ฑ ืื ื ืื ืื (@dannydanon) November 8, 2024
Likud MK Boaz Bismuth reiterated that a “shocking pogrom is happening right now in Amsterdam.”
“I am receiving calls and messages from people who are in Amsterdam, who say that the Dutch authorities are not helping them at all and are not taking action to control the situation,” Bismuth described. “Jews are forced to barricade themselves and hide while the violence continues to rage in the streets. This event is a reminder that hatred of Jews is alive and kicking in the heart of Europe. The Dutch authorities must apply a policy of zero tolerance and arrest the rioters – now!”
Netherlands MP Geert Wilders stated the riot had the appearance of a “Jew hunt in the street of Amsterdam,” and called for the arrest and deportation of the Muslim Arabs who took part.
Lest anyone think that orchestrating a “pogrom” was not precisely the intention of the Muslim rioters, the attack was planned to occur only hours after Amsterdam commemorated the anniversary of “Kristallnacht,” a vicious pogrom that occurred in 1938.
Antisemitism expert Olivier Melnick previously explained the impact Kristallnacht had in preparation for the Nazi Holocaust: “Historians agree that Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938) was the onset of the Holocaust, shifting Nazi antisemitism from mere rhetoric to pure violence and murder, and setting in motion the death factories aimed at accomplishing ‘the final solution to the Jewish question.’ Kristallnacht, or ‘The Night of Broken Glass,’ was a boycott/pogrom of Jewish synagogues, schools, businesses, and homes, resulting in the death of almost 100 Jewish people and the destruction of 7,500 properties.”
Tiauna Lodewyk, an intern with the Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry whose family ran a safe house in Holland during World War II, reacted to the violence in Amsterdam by pro-Palestinian rioters.
“Seeing the tragic and alarming events against the Jewish people transpiring in Amsterdam has further proved the inextricable link between Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism,” Lodewyk told Harbinger’s Daily.
“While I was in Poland this past spring, I witnessed a Palestinian ‘protest’ outside of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Why would a Palestinian protest take place outside a location of the greatest manifestation of Antisemitismโwhere over one million Jews were horrifically murdered simply for being Jewish? What does the death of Jews have to do with ‘freeing Palestine’?”
“Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism are one and the same,” she stressed. “They both share the same spiritual root.”
“The Lord said that those who come against His chosen people (the Jewish people) and His land (Israel) are essentially coming against God Himself,” Lodewyk described. “The violent intent to harm the Jewish people, as seen not only in Amsterdam but around the world, is rooted in the spiritual reality of Satan’s pursuit to annihilate the Jewish peopleโthereby rendering God’s promises void by whatever means necessary.”
