Amsterdam Police begin arresting participants in unauthorized pro-Palestinian demonstration

MADRID 10 Nov. () –

At least one person has been arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest that began at 2:00 p.m. in Amsterdam to condemn the antisocial behavior exhibited in the city by fans of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv before the riots last Thursday night, when The team’s supporters were subjected to a wave of attacks that the Israeli Government has condemned as an “anti-Semitic lynching.”

The protesters, on the other hand, denounce that Maccabi fans caused numerous altercations, sang anti-Arab chants and desecrated Palestinian flags in the days and hours prior to the match they played with Ajax Amsterdam and which ended with a 5-0 victory for the team. local team, the ‘ajacied’.

In a statement published on its account on the social network demonstration in the city until Monday.

According to the Dutch media Parool, the ban did not prevent nearly 200 people from gathering in Dam Square to demand the release of four detainees for their connection to incidents with Israeli fans before and during the match.

The protesters carried banners against Maccabi supporters. “Hooligans, that’s what they are,” said one of them, using the English term to describe extremist fans of a football team.