Football mobs beating locals and mocking murdered Palestinian children were the victims, if you were to believe the so-called ‘mainstream’ media
Sky News and other UK media have covered this week for Israeli football thugs who attacked residents in Amsterdam, called for the death of Arabs and damaged properties that displayed Palestinian flags, by describing locals who confronted the mob as ‘antisemites’ and framing pro-Israeli violence as ‘antisemitic’ attacks.
As video evidence shows, Maccabi Tel AvivAs hooligans provoked pro-Palestinians with chants of “Let the IDF f*ck the Arabs” and mockery of Israel’s tens of thousands of child victims in Gaza, as well as of the victims of the recent horrific flooding in Valencia. There were also reports of attacks by Israeli fans on Arab taxi drivers and others:
UK and other western media rushed to cast the violence as perpetrated on the Israeli ‘fans’ rather than by them:
And pro-Israeli propaganda accounts were quick to try to whip up condemnation of the actual victims – and were put right by those who made the videos, who pointed out what they were actually showing:
As photographer Annet de Graaf had pointed out, the video actually showed a Dutch man being pursued and attacked by Israeli thugs:
Some media outlets still misrepresented the footage as showing the opposite of what it really did.
Not content with covering up or misreporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its endless war crimes there and in Lebanon, western media – like many western politicians including Keir Starmer – are also covering for the crimes of Zionist fanatics in Europe and the US.
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“Amsterdam’s police chief, Peter Holla, said there had been “incidents on both sides”, starting on Wednesday night when Maccabi fans tore down a Palestinian flag from the facade of a building in the city centre and shouted “fuck you Palestine”.
Holla said Maccabi had vandalised a taxi, which was followed by “an online call” to mobilise taxi drivers to a casino, where 400 Israeli supporters were present. Police had safely escorted supporters out of the casino, he said.
A social media video verified by Reuters showed Maccabi fans setting off flares and chanting “Olé, olé, let the IDF win, we will fuck the Arabs”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces. The police chief said a large crowd of Maccabi supporters had then gathered on Dam Square on Thursday lunchtime and there had been “fights on both sides”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/08/israel-sends-rescue-planes-football-fans-reportedly-attacked-amsterdam
What really happened in Amsterdam? And why is mainstream media only telling part of the story?
https://youtu.be/YfvdqmNd6HA
2.09 – 2.14
“Why is the mainstream corporate media, AS USUAL, only telling part of the story.”
Colour me shocked.
Wonder what other conflicts the mainstream corporate media are only telling part of the story about?
“There are two recurring schemes in pro-Zionist propaganda:
In any conflict the Zionists (or Jews) are always the victims.
Conflicts with Zionists always occur out of nowhere, i.e without any provocations and outside of any context. They are thus pure anti-semitism…..
….A recent incident in Amsterdam follows a similar scheme.
Israel decries ‘pogrom’ in Amsterdam as soccer fans come under attack by rioters – Times of Israel, Nov 8 2024
All Israelis accounted hours after 10 injured, many besieged in hotels as gangs of hooligans — apparently Muslims and Arabs — ambush, beat Israelis after game
The headline suggests that:
The Zionist ‘soccer fans’ were the sole victims.
There was no context, i.e. the attack was presumably unprovoked.
Both points are, of course, wrong.
Some context, not mention in recent reports, can be found in a three days old Jerusalem Post report:
Just in case: Mossad agents to join Maccabi Tel Aviv FC trip to Amsterdam – JPost, Nov 5 2024
After a disappointing 1-0 league loss to Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Maccabi Tel Aviv is refocusing on European competition, set to face Ajax in Amsterdam on Thursday night.
…
Minor riots with Maccabi fans actually took place on two nights. On the night of the 6th to 7th November, a day before a game against Ajax Amsterdam, hooligan soccer fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv, presumably under Mossad ‘protection’, teared down Palestinian flags from private Dutch dwellings (video) and attacked Dutch taxi drivers of Arab descent:
Taxi Driver @DutchTaxiDriver – 2:55 UTC · Nov 7, 2024
Schandalig en onacceptabel: een Amsterdamse taxichauffeur aangevallen en mishandeld door Maccabi hooligans. Dit geweld moet stoppen. Steun voor onze chauffeurs die onze stad draaiende houden, ook in moeilijke tijden. #StopGeweld #Amsterdam #RespectVoorChauffeurs #Ajax
Outrageous and unacceptable: an Amsterdam taxi driver attacked and abused by Maccabi hooligans. This violence must stop. Support our drivers who keep our city running, even in difficult times. #StopGeweld #Amsterdam #RespectVoorChauffeurs #Ajax
Video
As The British Mail Online reported yesterday:*
Israeli football hooligans tore down Palestine flags as they marched through Amsterdam in a Wednesday night of chaos ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s visit to Ajax.
Videos show dozens of hooded figures dressed fully in black cheering and chanting ‘f*** you Palestine’ and ‘ole’ as one climbed halfway up the front of a building and removed a flag on the Rokin, a major street.
Footage also shows one thug thumping a taxi with crowbar before the driver takes off, while there have been reported clashes between the visiting hooligans and cabbies.
Meanwhile, clips shared by a prominent pro-hooligan page depict bust-ups purported to be between Maccabi fans and a group of Moroccan Ajax supporters.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/11/pogrom-against-zionist-hooligans-follows-a-zionist-propaganda-scheme.html#more
*The difference between the Mail and the Guardian is that at least the Mail does what it says on the tin.
I said as much in a previous threads. The one-way blame was fucking shameful this morning.
By the 1pm news the beeb had at least shown maccabi ‘fans’ chanting racist slogans, although they muted for ‘offensive language’ while maintaining the israeli support were the ‘victims’
And the 6:30 itv news was both sides-ing the report.
When I first saw the news (on bbc webshite) I thought the report that they’d allegedly been attacked by ajax fans strange as ajax are like tottingham inasmuch as they have a large jewish fan base.
Until I seen the footage….Didn’t see a single person in the red & white of ajax. Not even a flash of it, a scarf, a shirt, a jacket…Nothing.
Please ty of blue & yellow though.
And then what topped it offwas the report that benny bluerinse was “considering sending RESCUE planes to collect the israelis”.
Yes, that’s entirely correct.
“RESCUE PLANES”. Jesus wept.
Ordinarily I’d say “talk about hamming it up” but some beaut(s) would no doubt accuse me of antisemitism.
Anyway, besiktas next for maccabi tel aviv. Let’s see the pricks act up in deepest darkest Istanbul, like they did in hamsterjam.
Best have those planes on standby, benny.
Bbc can’t verify who is attacking who in that video posted (to the surprise of nobody, ever)
And newsnight will be talking to israeli fan eyewitness (attending the game with his 13y.o. son, for extra effect) ….Wonder if they’ll interview any Amsterdam local(s)?
…Or the bloke who posted the video?
Don’t count on it.
Israeli interviewed on newsnight
“The police did nothing to protect us; they only kept the vandals and violence away”
And that’s NOT protection?
JUST FUCK RIGHT OFF.
And of course, he had Palestinian flags waved in his face – but he’s used to it, apparently. Must happen every day in Israel,eh?
Except prior to this pile of shite, the beeb showed a photo of him and his lad in an empty plaza somewhere in ‘the dam’ with palestinian flags tied to a pole, and what looks like other pro-palestine thing lying about, around it.
Absolutely NOBODY there, but him and his lad, with glum faces.
But he’s used to having Palestinian flags waved IN HIS FACE
And, while interviewing him, the beeb STILL showing the video of the Dutch bloke being attacked, with the israeli voicing over, making out that it was an israeli being beaten.
Oh, and now newsnight are saying the footage HAS been verified.
Utter shite, the lot of it. Fucking risible.