Israeli, Dutch and European leaders condemned “anti-Semitic” clashes that erupted in Amsterdam overnight after a Europa League football match. The violence flared after the game between home team Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv that Ajax won 5-0. Five people were hospitalised and 62 arrests were made as a result of the clashes, police said. The Israeli Foreign Ministry reported that 10 Israelis were wounded in the attacks. Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema describes those arrested after Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans were attacked as “anti-semitic hit-and-run squads.” Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered Israel’s Mossad spy agency to draw up a plan to prevent unrest at sporting events in the future.
