The Amsterdam 'Pogrom' That Wasn't: Corporate Media Fails To Tell the Whole Story

The Amsterdam 'Pogrom' That Wasn't: Corporate Media Fails To Tell the Whole Story

https://www.commondreams.org/news/the-amsterdam-pogrom-that-wasn-t-corporate-media-fails-to-tell-the-whole-story

Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv stage a pro-Israel demonstration at the Dam Square, lighting up flares and chanting “Let the IDF win" and "F*** the Arabs!" ahead of the UEFA Europa League match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 07, 2024.

Maccabi fans clashed with Amsterdam citizens and ripped off Palestinian flags hung on the streets. Photo caption

The Amsterdam 'Pogrom' That Wasn't: Corporate Media Fails To Tell the Whole Story

'The Israeli fans instigated the violence after arriving in the city and attacking Palestinian supporters before the match'

COMMON DREAMS STAFF
Nov 09, 2024

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The violence reportedly started when the far-right Israeli soccer hooligans began chanting racist and violent anti-Arab slogans, attacked Arab and Muslim residents, and vandalized houses and businesses with Palestinian flags.

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Yet the corporate media - both in the US and abroad - portrayed the events as one-sided "anti-semitic" attacks on helpless soccer fans:

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This is a massive media scandal.

@SkyNews posted a video accurately describing what happened in Amsterdam.

It described violence perpetrated by Israeli football hooligans, and their hideous racism.

They then deleted it. This is the original.
(Xpost at link)

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(Dup post on Israel/Palestine forum)