ALL ISRAEL NEWS is committed to fair and balanced coverage and analysis, and honored to publish a wide-range of opinions. Israeli soccer fans attacked near Amsterdam Central station, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024. (Photo: Screenshot/X/iAnnet/via REUTERS)When Owen Jones, in a series of tweets, defended the brutal antisemitic attacks last week in Amsterdam on Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans by of mostly Arab and Muslim gangs, we were not the least bit surprised. The mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, said it evoked memories of pogroms against Jews throughout history. There seems to be no question that the reporters would have covered the anti-Jewish attacks in Amsterdam far differently, avoiding even the appearance of excuse making for the antisemitic violence, if the perpetrators were neo-Nazis or other far-right extremists.

Source: The Times November 14, 2024 13:48 UTC