Wave of violence targeting Israeli soccer fans followed calls to hunt them down on popular messaging apps
AMSTERDAM—Israeli financial adviser Ofek Ziv had just emerged from the metro, heading to the Dutch capital’s central Dam Square with a group of Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans, when he says he was struck in the back of the head with a rock. A firecracker exploded near him. Men in ski masks later appeared, wielding knives and bats.
The assailants, he said, “had fire in their eyes. They want to catch you.”
Ziv and scores of other Maccabi supporters had traveled to the Dutch capital for a match with local team Ajax on Thursday night. Little did they know that, earlier in the day, they had become a topic of discussion on popular messaging apps, where users were calling for a Jodenjacht, or “Jew hunt.”
Renewed clashes in Amsterdam.
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Ze roepen “Kankerjoden!”. pic.twitter.com/YlO1lV65DB
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Anti-Israeli Muslim gangs are causing chaos in Amsterdam. The Muslim gangs have begun clashing with the police and setting buildings on fire. pic.twitter.com/N6SFQzcJYK
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