This is silly. They were attacking Jews on the streets. What were they trying to do, if not “cause fear”? “Suspects behind Amsterdam attacks on Israeli soccer fans won’t be charged with terrorism,” by Zev Stub, Times of Israel, December 8, 2024: Prosecutors have ruled out terrorism charges in connection with last month’s violence during […]
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema Now Claims There Was No ‘Pogrom’
After the organized attacks on individual Jews and Israelis in Amsterdam, in which Muslim mobs went racing through the city to find Jews to punch, and kick in the head, and leave bleeding and in some cases unconscious on the ground, Amsterdam’s Mayor Femke Halsema correctly described the horrific events as a “pogrom.” She has […]
Mayor Halsema of Amsterdam May Be Forced to Resign
On November 7 in Amsterdam, Muslims — mostly Moroccans with an admixture of assorted non-Moroccan Arabs as well as Turks — attacked Jewish and Israeli fans of the Maccabi Soccer Club just two days before, some have mordantly observed, the November 9 anniversary of Kristallnacht. In a frenzy of antisemitic hatred, these Muslims ran through […]
Netherlands: Amsterdam’s mayor says she will close mosques where imams spread hate but only “as a last resort”
What will she do before closing them down remains unclear. Still, Femke Halsema should be congratulated and supported even for going this far. Few, if any, other mayors in Europe have made similar statements. “Amsterdam’s mayor says closing mosques where imams sow hate is ‘a last resort,’” Dutch News, September 17, 2018 (thanks to The Religion […]