A few days before the football match against Israel scheduled at the Stade de France, French Jewish supporters fear being victims of violence. And take their measures to ensure their safety, marked by the images from Amsterdam.
They know it, they are not spectators like the others. French Jews wishing to attend the France-Israel match this Thursday, November 14, have in mind images of lynchings in the Netherlands. In the Dutch capital, after the Europa League match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, violent clashes broke out.
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If the incidents started on both sides, the situation took a particularly violent turn after the match. On the videos filmed that evening, we can see men claiming to be “pro-Palestinian” checking in the streets if the supporters are of Israeli nationality. Within one of the groups of men with Palestinian flags tied into capes, one of them wears the green Hamas headband. An Israeli supporter is thrown into an Amsterdam canal, his attackers prevent him from getting out of the water…
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