Posted on 11/18/2024 12:47:50 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Amsterdam Mayor Femka Halsema said she regretted calling the riots in Amsterdam a “pogrom” because this was being used to discriminate against the Moroccan-Muslim population of the city, Dutch media reported on Monday.
The riots that erupted following an Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv game led to mass violence throughout the city. Large groups attacked people they suspected were Jewish or Israeli, often demanding to see their identification to confirm their ethnicity.
In an interview with Dutch state media NOS, Halsema said that she would not use the term “pogrom” to describe the events again and that it was wrong to do so initially.
At first, she said at the press conference immediately following the riots that “young men on scooters crisscrossed the city looking for Israeli football fans. It was a ‘hit-and-run.’ I fully understand that this brings back memories of pogroms.”
She backtracked on these comments...and that she was merely trying to empathize with Jewish Amsterdammers.
However, Halsema said during a debate in the city council last Tuesday, before the most recent interview, that she still fully supported the use of the term “pogrom.” She admitted that the city’s municipality, police, and Public Prosecution Service had not succeeded in keeping the city safe.
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Pogrom' was Israeli propaganda She accused the Israeli government and Dutch national politicians of using the term as propaganda to attack the Muslim community in Amsterdam.
“If I had known that it would be used politically in this way, and also as propaganda... I want nothing to do with that,” Halsema said.
“The Israeli government spoke of a ‘Palestinian pogrom on the streets of Amsterdam,’ and in The Hague, the words were used to discriminate against Moroccan Amsterdammers – Muslims. That is not what I meant or what I wanted.”
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Brings back memories of Crown Heights and David Dinkins quibbling with the term. But he at least refrained from turning it into an anti-Jewish trope.
Somebody did something. It was mostly peaceful. Let’s root for the Bad Guys.
“Let’s root for the Bad Guys.”
For a change?
Neither was October 7th or WWII Germany.
A. not factually correct, or
B. being used to discriminate against the Moroccan-Muslim population of the city.
If you guessed "B," you were correct!
Regards,
Or post-WW II Poland. They did free my ex-boss’ father after he was cleared of the charge of cannibalism (blood libel at the time). These Jooos! They’re always calling things “pogroms”.
So what the Mayor is saying is let’s stop quibbling over who did what to whom and move on.
Sorry, I won’t do that.
Her statement tells me she is on the Muslim payroll.
You have to wonder how Femka Halsema would define the word ‘progrom’? Seems to me that what happened in her city would fit any reasonable definition of the term.
Exactly. Or she’s being paid by the world enslavement forum.
Muslims are either taking over Europe, or will relatively soon be the major troublesome minority.
It’s a jihad.
Oh. Then everything’s all better./sarc
Targets of the violence included Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, an Arab taxi driver, and pro-Palestinian protestors. 20–30 people sustained light injuries. Five people were hospitalised. At least 71 people were arrested, including 49 Dutch nationals or residents and 10 Israelis.
In the run-up to the match, some Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were filmed pulling Palestinian flags from houses, making anti-Arab chants such as "Death to Arabs", assaulting people, and vandalising local property. Calls to target Israeli supporters were subsequently shared via social media. At the stadium, some Maccabi fans also interrupted a minute of silence for the victims of the 2024 Spanish floods with chanting and whistles. After the match, Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were ambushed and assaulted across the city. The mayor's office said the perpetrators "actively sought out Israeli supporters to attack and assault them". Individuals were shot with fireworks, physically assaulted, and spat on. Eight rescue flights were organized for the safe return of Israeli fans.
The attacks on Israeli fans were widely condemned as criminal and antisemitic by Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema, Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof, King Willem-Alexander, and several international leaders. However, the mayor later expressed frustration how Israel had used her comments to frame the violence as targeted attacks on Israelis, and complained of a lack of information about potential provocations from Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters.
Those comedians should know their place./sarc
“In the run-up to the match, some Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were filmed pulling Palestinian flags from houses, making anti-Arab chants such as “Death to Arabs”, assaulting people, and vandalising local property. Calls to target Israeli supporters were subsequently shared via social media. “
Time line’s backwards. After the assaults on the soccer fan, some Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were filmed pulling flags, chanting and counter-assaulting. The assault was planned and prepared by the Islamofascists three days in advance of the soccer match. The fans reacted to that, and the propagandists switched the time line. Already asked and answered.
“You didn’t see what you saw”
the Moroccan-Muslim population of the city
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