What to Know About the Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam (New York Times, 2024-11-08)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/world/europe/amsterdam-israel-soccer-fans-attacks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE4.xu73.WY4VRFbygmPZ&smid=url-share
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With a certain amount of the Israeli #Maccabi (hooli)fans’ violence described, and yet this headline…

“What happened before the game?

“Street disturbances began Wednesday night, a full day before the match, after Maccabi fans began arriving in Amsterdam.

“The authorities in Amsterdam said supporters of Maccabi had taken down a Palestinian flag from a building. A video posted to social media and verified by The New York Times shows men climbing a building to tear down a Palestinian flag while others nearby shout anti-Arab chants…“

“Peter Holla, Amsterdam’s police chief, said that on Wednesday night Maccabi fans had burned a Palestinian flag in Dam Square,… and had attacked a taxi; 10 people were detained, mostly on charges of disrupting public order…”

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