The Dutch press wants to be cautious on Friday, November 8 in the morning, and summarizes the events while insisting on the fact that their progress has not yet been fully clarified. The newspaper NRC, which opened a live follow-up on its site, writes: Thursday November 7, Ajax Amsterdam faced Maccabi Tel Aviv at home, on behalf of the Europa Football League. Hundreds of Israeli supporters made the trip. “Before the match, there had already been disturbances in the center of Amsterdam and the police had to form a cordon around a group of supporters.”
A reporter from the newspaper described a tense atmosphere on site, between supporters waving Israeli flags and pro-Palestinian activists who came to shout slogans or show a Palestinian flag. “According to Palestinian protesters, [la ville] should have refused Maccabi to come to Amsterdam because of the Israeli offensive in Gaza.”
Several media reported significant provocations before the match. NRC evokes a Palestinian flag torn down and a Maccabi supporter thrown into the water. The Times of Israel notes, that in video images (the date and time of which remains to be verified), we hear Israeli supporters c
