15/11/2024–|Last updated: 11/15/202404:12 PM (Mecca time)
French parliamentarian Raphael Arnault said today, Friday, that Israeli fans had prior intentions to cause riots during their team’s match with France, while a Dutch politician called for Maccabi Tel Aviv fans to be prosecuted for chanting “pro-genocide chants” in the Gaza Strip during the match with Ajax Amsterdam last week. the past.
Arnault, a member of the leftist France Proud Party, added – in a post today, Friday, on his account on the
The coordinator of the Proud France Party, Manuel Bompard, in turn, shared footage showing Israeli fans assaulting other Frenchmen, describing the situation as shameful, according to what was reported by Anatolia Agency.
On the other hand, a French journalist named Emmanuel Houareau published a picture on his account on the .
Scenes spread on social media showed Israeli fans causing a riot during their team’s match with France, as they assaulted some French fans, leading to a fight breaking out between fans of the two teams in the stands.
The match kicked off yesterday amid a record low crowd attendance due to security concerns, as strict measures were imposed that included the deployment of 4,000 police in anticipation of any violent incidents similar to those that occurred last week in the Netherlands among fans following the Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam match in… European League.
“Chants of annihilation”
For his part, Shahr Khan, spokesman for the “Dink” party group – in the Amsterdam City Council – said that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans chanted slogans in support of genocide in Gaza, and called for the Israeli rioters to be tried before the Dutch judiciary.
This came in an interview with Anadolu about the incidents of violence unleashed by fans of the Israeli club against Arabs on the day of the match with Ajax Amsterdam, within the framework of the European Football League, on November 7.
Shahr Khan accused Mayor Femke Halsema of ignoring the provocations of the Israeli fans, noting that the events escalated with their attacks on Palestinian symbols, lowering Palestinian flags, and chanting racist slogans.
He criticized Mayor Halsema’s use of the word “bogrom” to describe the events that occurred on the night of the match, which is a term of Russian origin that indicates a form of riot directed against a specific group, whether ethnic, religious, or other, according to Anatolia.
He pointed out that Halsema increased fears by using the word “pogrom” and that she raised the fears of the Jewish community for no reason, and did not mention that rioters in Maccabi Tel Aviv chanted slogans calling for genocide.
Shahr Khan expressed his welcome for the Dutch authorities’ arrest of 10 Israelis on the night of the events, pointing out that all of them were Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, and that they had returned to Israel.
He explained that although they have now returned to Israel, “I hope that the Dutch authorities will demand that Israel extradite these criminals to Amsterdam, and that they will be tried here if their guilt is proven.”
Shahr Khan stated that Halsema was scheduled to contact Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof before the day of the match to discuss the options presented, including the option of playing the match without an audience.
He stressed that extending the protest ban in Amsterdam due to the events of the match could not stop the pro-Palestinian movements, saying, “People are demonstrating not because they want to take to the streets, but because there is genocide (in Gaza).
Shahr Khan accused the government of also being complicit in this genocide, “and here lies the problem,” stressing that “as the genocide continues, tension in society will continue and will appear again.”
Violence continued after the match, which ended 5-0 in favor of Ajax, as tensions erupted, sparked by racist chants launched by fans of the Israeli team against Palestine and the Arabs, chaos, vandalism, attacks on the Palestinian flag and tearing it down, and provocation by Dutch taxi drivers of Arab origin.
The Dutch police arrested 57 Arabs after the Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed in a statement that 10 Israelis had been infected and contact with two had been lost.
Scenes circulating on social media showed fans of the Israeli club bragging about killing children in Gaza, repeating the phrase, “There is no school in Gaza because there are no longer children.”
