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Rob Kay's avatar

To be fair, some British media did cover exactly these points, and we all know that football fans are not angels. I'm a soccer fan myself in Glasgow, and we are used to such flashpoints. Religious and national rivalries, often in the same city, fuelled by booze and testosterone. The BIG question we need to ask is why the hell is Israel, a Middle Eastern country, allowed to take part in a EUROPEAN championship anyway> Same with the Eurovision song contest etc etc etc.

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james's avatar

thanks thomas.. you might appreciate reading moon of alabamas post on this for further insights..

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/11/pogrom-against-zionist-hooligans-follows-a-zionist-propaganda-scheme.html#more

bernhard posted this early yesterday.. cheers james

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Kevan Hudson's avatar

And by their actions they shall be known.

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Mathilda's avatar

Also live in amsterdam and this essay or article is so factually incorrect UnHerd removed it within a few hours of publication. Shouty and rude footballers does not rationalise the PREMEDITATED and organised attack on them. Maybe the author should stick to subjects he knows, or bother to translate some local Dutch news.

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Diana Murray's avatar

Where's the evidence of premeditation as opposed to organization?

You don't need premeditation when you've got cell phones, Whats App, and Telegram.

Are you saying that Maccabi Tel Aviv didn't engage in violence of their own?

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Zinenataza's avatar

I can’t get my head around the intransigence of MSM when it comes to apportioning any blame to any Israeli or Jewish person. The arrogance of these guys. The brazen self-righteousness. And yet they cannot be guilty of any crime. They can do no wrong. This is all the more extraordinary in the face of what is taking place in Gaza - and now Lebanon. Everyone knows this is genocide and indiscriminate killing and yet they all pretend it isn’t happening. Ok - I get the Israel lobby, the extent of Jewish influence over governments, but for the rest of us? Do they think we are blind, deaf and dumb? Well done to the Moroccans and pro-Palestinians who beat the s_ _ _ out of these obnoxious d_ _ _heads. I hope they all get skewered when they get called up by the IDF. And thank you Thomas for once again setting the record straight. Truth must be told.

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Berghmans Peter's avatar

Sad to see some Belgian politicians involved; here e.g. Sophie Wilmès who briefly was PM

https://twitter.com/Sophie_Wilmes/status/1854886251192561999

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Richard North's avatar

So now if someone doesn't like your terrorists' flag, it's OK to give them a good kicking, is it?

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John Mann's avatar

Was this article posted on UnHerd, and then taken down? And if so, why was it taken down?

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Mathilda's avatar

Also live in amsterdam and this essay or article is so factually incorrect UnHerd removed it within a few hours of publication. Shouty and rude footballers does not rationalise the PREMEDITATED and organised attack on them. Maybe the author should stick to subjects he knows, or bother to translate some local Dutch news.

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Garrett R.'s avatar

Interesting take on racial separatism. So you'll be advocating for the end of Euro-Jewish immigration into Palestine then?

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