The Combat Antisemitism Movement called the Amsterdam pogrom „New Kristallnacht”, happening a mere two days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht.
„Exactly 86 years after Kristallnacht, when Nazis, along with ordinary Germans, hunted Jews through the streets of Europe, we see their ideological heirs rampaging through the streets of Amsterdam once again seeking to spill Jewish blood,” said CEO of CAM Sacha Roytman Dratwa.
„These acts are a mark of shame on The Netherlands and Europe and are reminiscent of scenes we thought had been consigned to history,” said Roz Rothstein, CEO of StandWithUs.
Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ on X (formerly Twitter): „Absolutely horrific scenes in #Amsterdam, with pro-Palestinian mobs literally hunting down and beating Jews on the streets, while Dutch authorities nowhere in sight. And this also on eve of Kristallnacht anniversary. No other way to describe this other than a modern-day pogrom! pic.twitter.com/hfYjyXdJsa / X”
Absolutely horrific scenes in #Amsterdam, with pro-Palestinian mobs literally hunting down and beating Jews on the streets, while Dutch authorities nowhere in sight. And this also on eve of Kristallnacht anniversary. No other way to describe this other than a modern-day pogrom! pic.twitter.com/hfYjyXdJsa
Israeli leaders and international Jewish figures have reacted with horror to the scenes of violent antisemitism unfolding in Amsterdam on Thursday night following an Ajax Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer match, the pogrom against Israeli fans, which resulted in multiple wounded and three missing.
Yaakov Hagoel, Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, said, „We are forced to witness as Jewish blood is once again shed with impunity. I call, in the strongest and most unequivocal terms, on the leaders of the world: the responsibility for the safety of Jews in your countries is yours alone.”
Anti-Defamation League CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt said, „This is what ‘globalise the intifada’ looks like. It is particularly haunting that on the eve of Kristallnacht (the November 1938 pogrom in Germany), Jews on the streets of Amsterdam were hunted, chased, attacked and forced to hide from an antisemitic mob whose goal was to harm as many Jews as possible.”
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir expressed a similar sentiment, writing that „This is not only an injury to Jews and Israelis, but a warning sign to all European countries against radical Muslim violence. Those who turn a blind eye to Islamic terrorism in the Middle East will meet it at home in Europe and the West. Today, the victims were Israelis; tomorrow, it will be you Europeans. „
„These shocking antisemitic attacks on the streets of a European city should be a wake-up call to Dutch and European authorities about where uncontrolled anti-Israel demonstrations lead,” said the President of the European Jewish Congress, Dr Ariel Muzicant.
Headlines about the Amsterdam pogrom:
- The targets of the attacks were Israelis
- People thrown into the river
- There were several incidents of people being run over by cars
- Attackers were carrying knives and baseball bats
- Passports stolen and posted on the Internet
- Crowds attacked families with children
- Women were beaten
- Several men were knocked unconscious
- Local authorities lost control of the city for a time
- Muslim attackers broke into hotels, threw incendiary devices through windows and burned Israeli flags
Photo credit: JEROEN JUMELET/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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