(NL Times) The Public Prosecution Service (OM) demanded eight months in prison against a suspect who allegedly spoke about a “Jew hunt” while attacking Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters in Amsterdam following a match against Ajax on November 7. Another suspect who shared […]
(NL Times) The first day of trials against a group of five suspects accused of violence in Amsterdam around the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match on November 7 began on Wednesday, largely with claims of innocence. Several of the suspects faced allegations […]
(NL Times) Riots in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West district that culminated in multiple assaults and a tram being set ablaze were announced on social media the night before, district sources told the Telegraaf. The violent incidents on November 11 involved hundreds of youths who […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Dutch House of Representatives voted in favor of a motion calling to close mosques that preach the destruction of Israel, the House revealed on Tuesday. The plenary comes amid significant debate among Dutch officials and lawmakers following the violent […]
(NL Times) NSC parliamentarians Rosanne Hertzberger and Femke Zeedijk have resigned from the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament. Interim party leader Nicolien van Vroonhoven announced their resignation after the coalition party’s weekly meeting, saying they cited unrest in […]
(Jerusalem Post) Authorities in the city of Milan issued an expulsion order against Mohammad Hannoun, a designated Hamas official who is blacklisted by the US and Israel. The order was issued following comments he made during a pro-Palestinian protest, in which he […]
(Jerusalem Post) Amsterdam Mayor Femka Halsema said she regretted calling the riots in Amsterdam a “pogrom” because this was being used to discriminate against the Moroccan-Muslim population of the city, Dutch media reported on Monday. The riots that erupted following an Ajax-Maccabi […]
(ANSA) The head of an Italian Palestinian association has been expelled from Milan for congratulating the youths who attacked Maccabi Tel Aviv fans after a Europa League match in Amsterdam on November 7 shouting anti-Semitic slogans and injuring a dozen Israeli supporters […]
(Politico) The Dutch government survived crisis talks Friday night triggered by football violence and the resignation of a minister over alleged racist remarks by other Cabinet members. Though speculation swirled that the entire government would collapse, only Nora Achahbar — a state […]
(NL Times) State Secretary Nora Achahbar will tender her resignation to Prime Minister Dick Schoof later on Friday due to dissatisfaction over how the Cabinet handled the riots in Amsterdam following last week’s Europa League match between Ajax and Israeli club Maccabi […]
(Dutch News) The Dutch right-wing government’s move to investigate if people convicted of anti-Semitism can be regarded as terrorists and stripped of their Dutch nationality will discriminate against dual passport holders and increase polarisation, critics have said. The far-right PVV, the pro-countryside […]
(NL Times) The Dutch government is committed to fighting anti-Semitic violence with far-reaching measures, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said in a parliamentary debate on violence in Amsterdam last week. The prime minister mainly promised to investigate various measures put forward by parliamentarians, […]
(AFP) Arranging fruit crates in a market on the western edge of Amsterdam on Thursday, Mohamed Errakil said the Dutch government’s rhetoric a week after the city was shaken by anti-Israeli attacks could encourage discrimination. “We’re called foreigners, you’re a Moroccan, you’re […]
(Dutch News) Stripping dual nationals of their Dutch passports if they are found guilty of anti-Semitism has been backed by the right-wing Dutch coalition, in the wake of last week’s trouble in Amsterdam. The far-right PVV, the pro-countryside BBB and the right-wing […]
(NL Times) There was widespread condemnation of anti-Semitism in the parliamentary debate on the Amsterdam riots on Wednesday. Every party leader who had a chance to speak before the break explicitly condemned it. PVV leader Geert Wilders explicitly blamed the riots on […]
(Israel Hayom) Israeli intelligence officials have identified Dutch organizations with Hamas ties as primary instigators of last week’s disturbances in Amsterdam, according to a report released Wednesday by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. The report details how several local organizations allegedly utilized […]
(NL Times) A multicultural association based in Amsterdam-Oost warned that it learned of the possibility that people might attempt to riot in the city’s eastern district. The Assadaaka Community group issued the appeal against violence on Wednesday evening, as pro-Palestinian activists also […]
(NL Times) A large group of people were causing unrest Monday evening on Plein ‘40-‘45, a square in the Nieuw-West district of Amsterdam. Riot police were sent to the scene after a tram caught fire, police said. Several people were arrested at […]
(DPA) Anti-Semitic insults were heard during a speech made at a small demonstration calling for peace in the Middle East held in the northern German city of Hanover, police reported on X on Sunday. Officers responded immediately by instructing the speaker to […]
(Jerusalem Post) Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders said that he was “speechless,” on X/Twitter, citing Amsterdam Police saying that no one was arrested during the pogrom against Israeli Jews in the Dutch capital on Thursday […]
(i24) Screenshots of electronic messages on WhatsApp and Telegram obtained by the Daily Telegraph show that the attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam represent a planned and organized pogrom. One message sent to a Dutch-language WhatsApp group the day before Thursday […]
(NL Times) The national counterterrorism office (NCTV) “requested attention” from local authorities in Amsterdam to the possible consequences of the football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, which coincided with the commemoration of Kristallnacht, a wide-scale assault on Jews in Nazi […]
(NY Post) A far-right Dutch pol is demanding the deportation of the antisemitic thugs who hunted down and attacked Israeli soccer fans after a match in Amsterdam — labeling them “multicultural scum.” “Looks like a Jew hunt in the streets of Amsterdam. […]
(NL Times) “Boys on scooters” were behind multiple attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam on Thursday evening, Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema said in a press conference on the events on Friday. She spoke of a “pitch-black” night that has “deeply […]
(NL Times) Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were attacked and assaulted in several places in Amsterdam after the football club’s match against Ajax on Thursday, mayor Femke Halsema confirmed on Friday morning. Five people were taken to the hospital and 62 people were […]
(NL Times) A tense atmosphere and unrest filled Dam Square in Amsterdam as hundreds of fans for the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv surrounded the National Monument. Around ten individuals were taken into custody for various offenses, like disturbing the peace, […]
(Dutch News) Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema has banned a pro-Palestine demonstration from taking place close to the Johan Cruijff stadium where Ajax will meet Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League on Thursday evening. Halsema said she had decided to […]
(Anadolu) UN experts on Monday called on France to reverse “discriminatory measures” banning women and girls who choose to wear the hijab from doing so while playing sports. The experts said in a statement that the decisions by the French football and […]
(Montreal Gazette) With the Legault government saying the evidence shows Quebec’s secularism law was being flouted, 11 teachers at Montreal’s Bedford elementary school have had their teaching licences suspended by the Education Ministry pending the conclusions of an investigation. And the government […]
(AFP) Paris prosecutors said Monday they were investigating online threats against female Afghan taekwondo fighter Marzieh Hamidi, who fled to France in 2021 after the Taliban seized power in Kabul. Hamidi had suffered “cyber-harassment including death, rape and other threats via social […]
(Radio France) Marzieh Hamidi, a former taekwondo champion for Afghanistan who now lives in France as a refugee, has been placed under police protection after protesting against the Taliban’s treatment of women. Hamidi, 21, used to compete on the Afghan national taekwondo […]
(AP) French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday. Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or […]
(JTA) A French Olympian was suspended by the French Athletics Federation on Wednesday after past social media posts resurfaced in which he supported Hamas and wished suffering upon Zionists. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, France’s minister for sports and the Olympics, confirmed on X that […]
(AP) They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France’s government barred them from getting anywhere close. French authorities are making unprecedentedly broad use of discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to […]
(Reuters) Days before the Paris Olympics began, French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla was stuck in a row with her government over the right to wear a hijab at the opening ceremony. But after a last-gasp compromise was found — in the shape of […]
(AP) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday that authorities have not detected any “tangible” terror threats during the first week of the Olympic Games, during which about 200 people have been arrested by security forces for various crimes. Darmanin released […]
(CNN) Nearly two-thirds of ISIS-linked arrests in Europe in the last nine months have been of teenagers, according to a landmark academic study, as concern grows among European security officials ahead of the Paris Olympics of the growing potency and reach in […]
(AP) French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics wearing a cap to cover her hair, an agreement reached with the French Olympic Committee after Sylla said she was barred because of her […]
(Times of Israel) Foreign Minister Israel Katz sent a letter to his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné on Thursday, warning him of an Iranian-backed plot to attack Israeli tourists and athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “There are those who seek to undermine […]
(AP) On the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France’s interior minister thanked Belgium Thursday for a string of raids that led to the detention of seven people for questioning over suspected terrorist activities. The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said […]
(AP) French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics because she wears a hijab, and the French Olympic Committee said it is working with her to find a solution that adheres to the […]
(NBC) A video spreading on X and Telegram of a man purporting to be a Hamas fighter threatening the Olympics in Paris is part of a Russian-linked disinformation campaign meant to disrupt the event, according to researchers at Microsoft. On Telegram, Hamas […]
(Reuters) French security services have been probing migrant communities from former Soviet republics in an effort to safeguard the Olympics from the ISIS-K militant group, the interior minister said, confirming a Reuters report published last week. Gérald Darmanin, interviewed in a Le […]
(Reuters) Israeli athletes will receive 24-hour protection during the Paris Olympics, France’s interior minister said, after a far-left lawmaker said Israel’s delegation was not welcome and called for protests against their participation. The Games begin on Friday amid pronounced security concerns and […]
(GB News) A suspected Isis terror plot at the Euro 2024 final was scuppered thanks to a series of police raids in Germany mere hours before kick-off, it has emerged. Authorities descended on a set of addresses just outside Berlin after fears […]
(Times of Israel) Israel’s Olympic athletes have been receiving threatening messages by email and phone in the last week, according to Hebrew media reports over the weekend. The first messages were sent to 15 athletes’ emails, and were signed by an entity […]
(Reuters) Tajik journalist Temur Varki received a disquieting call from Paris police in late March, days after Islamic State militants from his homeland allegedly carried out a massacre in Moscow. The two officers questioned him about France’s tiny community of immigrants from […]
(National-UAE) Paris is facing the threat of terrorist attacks during the Olympics from a branch of ISIS resurgent in Afghanistan as well as teenagers radicalised on social media, experts have told the National. A major security operation is under way in France […]
(BBC) Belgium will not host their Nations League match against Israel on 6 September over security concerns, the Belgian Football Federation (RBFA) has announced. The municipal government of Brussels said last month the “very high-risk” Nations League game would not be played […]
(Arab News) Amnesty International has accused France of breaking international human rights law by enforcing a ban on women competing at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris wearing headscarves. In a report on the ban published on Tuesday, Amnesty also accused the […]
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