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I will not be going to Azerbaijan next week for the UN Climate Conference COP29. Due to the major social impact of the events of last Thursday night in Amsterdam, I will remain in the Netherlands,
Schoof said in a post on the platform X
Schoof was too slow to realise the seriousness of the violence,
said right-leaning daily De Telegraaf in an editorial
In general, police were able to keep the large groups apart,
Holla saidAfter the match, the outflow went well,
Holla saidWe will not tolerate (it). We will prosecute the perpetrators. And I'm deeply ashamed that this could happen in the Netherlands in 2024,
he saidMen on scooters crisscrossed the city looking for Israeli football fans. It was a hit-and-run. I can easily understand that this brings back memories of pogroms.”
Amsterdam’s mayor, Femke Halsema, said
The investigation that we started during the night focuses on suspects who can be seen on the film footage,
De Beukelaer said
We are also investigating whether there are connections between these suspects, and how they came to these violent actions. We are also investigating whether it was organized,
the chief prosecutor saidWe were lucky enough to run and to manage to go to the hotel, but some guys in the streets weren't able to do this so they got hit,
he told AFP at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport
I told him to leave him alone, and the next thing I know he punched me in the face
Aaron saidHe's British, leave him alone' ... Yes, but he helped a Jew.
When the leader of the gang saidThe Public Prosecution Service has stated that it aims to apply fast-track justice as much as possible
Van Weel said
An investigation is still being conducted on possible warning signs from Israel
Van Weel said in his letter late on Friday eveningThis is an outburst of anti-Semitism that I hope to never see again,
Halsema said
This is a terrible moment for our city. … I am very ashamed of the behavior that was shown last night,
she said in a Friday news conference
France is not backing down, as this would be tantamount to abdicating in the face of threats of violence and antisemitism.”
However, France’s Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said Friday
Tomorrow, 86 years ago, was Kristallnacht - an attack on Jews, whatever Jews they are, on European soil. It’s back now - yesterday we celebrated it on the streets of Amsterdam. That’s what happened. There is only one difference - in the meantime, the Jewish state has been established. We have to deal with it,
Netanyahu said, according to a government statementThere can be tensions there are many demonstrations and protests and we are always prepared for them, and of course, they are related to the situation in the Middle East and the ongoing war. But what happened last night wasn’t a protest. … It was crime.”
The mayor of Amsterdam added
We expect arrests, we expect a severe punishment,
Sa’ar said in a statementThere are always problems around football matches, and football matches regarding the Israeli team also has special attention from the police, but the things that happened last night are just terrible, horrific,
he said, before adding