Amsterdam city council moves to bar Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv
The Amsterdam City Council has approved a motion to declare certain foreign sports clubs – including Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv – unwelcome in the city if they are deemed to contribute to “occupation or racism”.
The motion – put forward by Sheher Khan, leader of the Denk party – targets clubs “established in illegal settlements, directly or indirectly contributing to the maintenance of unlawful occupations, or systematically failing to act against extremist and racist expressions among their hardcore”.
A large majority on the council supported the proposal. Khan said Maccabi Tel Aviv “is known as pro-Netanyahu and its hooligans endorse genocide”.
The move comes in the wake of violent clashes in Amsterdam last November following a Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Quite the reversal from the initial claims by Halsema.
Amsterdam violence: Mayor condemns attacks on Israeli fans
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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema condemned violence in the city on Thursday as "antisemitic hit-and-run squads" after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were attacked after travelling for their team's Europa League game with Ajax.
"This is a very dark moment for the city, for which I am deeply ashamed," Halsema said at a news conference Friday.
Then the cctv footage of what actually happened 'mysteriously' ended up erased
A decision to drop criminal charges against fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv football club has ignited controversy in the Netherlands. Dutch prosecutors took the decision after CCTV footage showing violent behavior by Israeli hooligans toward Muslim women last November was found to have been ERASED.
Protests, heavy security ahead of Israeli football club’s Europa League match in Greece
The buildup to Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv’s match against Greek side PAOK in Thessaloniki tonight has been marked by protests and a large security operation.
Protests took place in the Greek port city ahead of the Europa League clash, calling for Israeli clubs to be banned from European football competitions over Israel’s war in Gaza.
Protesters held up Palestinian flags and a banner reading: “Your pitch, your choice. Boycott Israel.”
In a separate protest, a large banner that read “Genocide” was hung from a complex housing the US consulate.
Outside the stadium, police conducted a large-scale security operation, the AP news agency reported, with travelling Israeli fans held behind a cordon before being allowed to enter the stadium.
Pro-Palestinian protesters, most of them PAOK fans, gather ahead of a Europa League football match between PAOK and Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv in Thessaloniki, Greece
