Israeli soccer fans watching a match in the city were violently attacked and threatened by a mob of Muslim immigrants who were armed with knives and clubs as they left the event. The attack occurred as President Trump declared Israel must have a decisive victory in the war that continues against the Jewish state, with attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and Shi’ites in Iraq. The Israeli government is sending flights to rescue Israelis, some of whom are reported to be hiding in their hotels. After the brutal attacks, Israeli media and social media exploded with coverage and outrage about the attacks, which are being called a pogrom, an organized massacre of an ethnic group like the Nazis carried out against the Jews in the 1930s. Thursday’s attack happened just days before the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” when rioting Germans and Austrians destroyed more than 200 synagogues and 7,000 Jewish-owned businesses.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared he views with “utmost gravity” the pre-planned antisemitic attack against Israeli citizens and requested that security be increased for the Dutch Jewish community. He spoke with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who posted on X, calling the attack “completely unacceptable antisemitic attacks on Israelis.” Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar is traveling to the Netherlands to handle the crisis. His deputy, Sharen Haskell, indicated many Israelis were hospitalized and she challenged the Netherlands and Europe to act. “I call on the Dutch government to arrest and prosecute all those involved,” Haskell stated. “We have information leading to those radical Islamists, who went hunting for Jews.” “I call on Europe and the world to act more aggressively to combat antisemitism” she continued. “This is your responsibility. Israeli Jews being attacked by a violent mob in the heart of Europe is something no one should stand for. If we fail to act, it will only get worse.”
Also, the National Security Council issued a new warning to Israelis and Jews in the Netherlands to “Avoid movements in the street and lock yourself in hotel rooms. The externalization of Israeli and Jewish symbols must be avoided.” In the U.S., Israel is getting a boost from President-elect Donald Trump. Brian Hook, his former envoy to Iran claims Trump will do away with the Biden administration’s appeasing of Iran. Instead, he said on CNN, that Trump would do what he did when previously in office. “He would isolate them diplomatically and weaken them economically so they can’t fund all the violence that’s going on with the Houthis in Yemen, Hamas, Hezbollah, and these proxies that run around Iraq and Syria today, all of whom destabilize Israel and our Gulf partners.”
Source: CBN News
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