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The King of the Netherlands and other European leaders disagree.
But I get the lens through which you see all of this. Pre and post October 7.
And your ongoing attempts to diminish, even normalize anti-Semitic behaviour, now with several doses of violence and beatings added, are gross. And people are wise to it.
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You may want to take a minute and look at the reality of the events that night before condemning every instance as anti-semitism. Tell me, what is this?
Boys being boys? innocent fun?
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Groups of Maccabi fans reportedly went through the city, confronting the pro-Palestine protesters and generally causing trouble. Videos show Maccabi fans tearing down Palestine flags from the windows of private residences. In one such video, you can hear people serenading the flag-ripper with "#### you, Palestine." Per the NYT, Amsterdam police say some Israeli fans burned one Palestine flag and also vandalized a taxi. One Twitter account posted a video that purportedly shows a Maccabi fan smashing a taxi with a chain.
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Tensions remained high going into Thursday, the day of the match. Maccabi fans again took to the streets, at times chanting racist phrases like "Death to the Arabs." One chant heard on video goes "Let the IDF win, we will #### the Arabs." Lyrics of that same Maccabi song include "Why is school out in Gaza? There are no children left there."
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https://defector.com/the-media-cant-...were-beaten-up
If you really care about condemning anti-semitism, you are going to have to examine the actions and behaviors of the government of Israel, and that of many Israelis and the IDF and their part in it. As I've said many times, you can only treat people like animals for so long before they turn into them. You shouldn't be shocked when they start biting.