Counter Extremism Project (CEP) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and Senior
Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler issued the following statement in response to
a wave of antisemitic violence from pro-Palestinian protestors targeting fans
of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer club following a game against FC Ajax in
Amsterdam:





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Antisemitic Violence Instigated by Pro-Palestinian Protestors in Amsterdam


(New York, N.Y.) — Counter Extremism Project (CEP) CEO Ambassador Mark D.
Wallace and Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler issued the following
statement in response to a wave of antisemitic violence from pro-Palestinian
protestors targeting fans of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer club following a game
against FC Ajax in Amsterdam:



These brutal incidents targeting Israelis and Jews in Amsterdam—which so far
include violent assault, chasing individuals into canals and not allowing them
out until they assent to “Free Palestine,” stealing Israeli passports, looting,
and invading hotels accommodating Israeli guests—would be totally unacceptable
anywhere in the world, let alone in the heart of one of Europe’s most civilized
capitals.



Regrettably, it is not entirely unexpected: Dutch Jews, like Jews across
Western Europe, have been advised and compelled to hide any visible indications
of their Jewish identity for many years, while synagogues require more
protection in Europe than any other religious institutions. Meanwhile, Dutch
police have offered onlyvague statements
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in response to reports that individual officers are refusing to provide
security for Jewish institutions and Jewish events. Antisemitism in the wake of
October 7—when 1,200 Israelis were massacred by Hamas—has also surged, and
notably in major Western European cities which are home to sizeable communities
of immigrants from institutionally antisemitic countries.



It is also clear that these attacks are far from spontaneous. In fact,
evidence has emerged that they were organized and coordinated beforehand. The
responsible networks must be identified, disrupted, and held to account—an
approach that CEP has alreadyoutlined
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and advocated for.



One must ask serious questions of Dutch security forces, who were reportedly
warned yesterday by Israeli authorities that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were likely
to be targeted. Large gangs, including of North African migrants, rampaged
apparently unfettered through the streets, chanting messages of Jihad while
hunting Jews in scenes that can only be described as a modern-day “pogrom.”
These events in Amsterdam are precisely what the call to “Globalize the
Intifada” looks like.



It was almost 86 years to the day that the Nazi Party’s SS and SA, along with
German civilians, carried out the Kristallnacht pogrom which killed 91 and
destroyed thousands of Jewish-owned properties and Synagogues on November 9-10,
1938. Kristallnacht marked the turning point toward explicit physical violence,
and ultimately presaged the Holocaust’s destruction of two-thirds of European
Jewry. As Jews in Europe are still made to fear for their safety, even at a
simple sporting event, it is apparent that the oft-repeated dictum, “Never
Forget,” is simply not enough.



To read CEP’s policy brief on Identifying and Disrupting Key Antisemitic
Actors, please clickhere
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To read more about Extremism in the Netherlands, please click here
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