A European Jewish leader on Amsterdam violence: ‘A line has been crossed’
Yes, Israeli soccer fans behaved badly before the riot. But that doesn’t justify physical attacks
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Culture Should we call the violence against Israeli soccer fans a ‘pogrom?’
There are disturbing parallels but also key differences between recent and historic acts of violent antisemitism
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Fast Forward How bad is antisemitism in Europe? Amsterdam ‘pogrom’ follows rising hostility
Israelis were attacked in Amsterdam after a Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Ajax soccer match
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News Dutch Jews grapple with ‘weaponization’ of their fear following attack on Israelis
Many in the country’s small Jewish community say the incident was stripped of context, even as they worry about their own safety
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Looking Forward How the Amsterdam pogrom is—and isn’t—like Europe in the 1930s
"I think Europe will become Judenrein," said Abe Foxman, a Holocaust survivor who spent a half century as head of the ADL
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Fast Forward ‘Antisemitic hit-and-run squads’: Amsterdam temporarily bans demonstrations after Israeli soccer fans attacked by street mobs
Deborah Lipstadt and others said the violence, which followed a Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Ajax soccer game, recalled pogroms
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Fast Forward Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam tagged with ‘Gaza’ graffiti
The incident was the latest act of vandalism linking Israel’s actions in Gaza to the Holocaust
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Fast Forward Police and protesters clash in Amsterdam as successive pro-Palestinian encampments roil city
Protesters had occupied part of the Rokin, a canal and thoroughfare in the city’s center
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