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Three days after the clashes which took place in Amsterdam on the sidelines of the Ajax – Maccabi Tel-Aviv football match, a demonstration took place in the streets of the Dutch capital even though it had been banned. The police made several arrests.
On Sunday, November 10, the police stopped a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the streets of Amsterdam, even though it had been banned by the authorities. Police in riot gear intervened as demonstrators chanted slogans and held signs reading: “Give us back our streets” or “Free Palestine” in Dam Square in the center of the city, noted AFP.
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“These arrests come following the confirmation by Dutch justice of the ban, requested by the city's mayor, of a pro-Palestinian demonstration this Sunday, November 10 in Amsterdam. Dozens of people were arrested, without the We don't know the exact number.
The demonstration on Dam Square is prohibited. There is a ban on demonstrations. The demonstrators have demanded to leave. Police make an arrest.
— Municipality of Amsterdam (@AmsterdamNL) https://twitter.com/AmsterdamNL/status/1855601358612627958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
More and more tensions
“The mayor has rightly decided that there will be a ban on demonstrations this weekend in the city,” the Amsterdam court announced on X, adding that a request to overturn the ban had been “rejected” . In a statement, the Israeli embassy in The Hague advised “Israelis and Jews staying in Amsterdam […] to stay away from demonstrations.
A few days earlier, clashes took place in the streets of Amsterdam after the match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel-Aviv in a context of high tensions. Several people were hospitalized.
