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The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs is deeply concerned about attacks against Jews who support the Israeli football team in Amsterdam.

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Amsterdam police arrested more than 60 people following the violence that broke out after the football match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Dutch capital last night. Ajax is in Amsterdam. Police reportedly said it started on Friday “A major investigation into multiple violent incidents.” Fans of the Israeli football club were in the city to support their team in the Ajax Amsterdam match.

In a broadcast on X late Thursday, CIJA He said: “This is the uncomfortable reality of Jewish life in 2024. And if nothing is done to address the scourge of antisemitism targeting our society, it will not be long before Amsterdam becomes Montreal or Toronto after one of the usual weekly pro-terrorist demonstrations. .”

The post includes a video A young Israeli man is beaten unconscious by a mob of masked men.

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Last month, CJIA summons Toronto mayor To make a concerted effort to ensure that Toronto Jews are safe. The organization made a call Mayor Olivia Chow “will work with the state government to develop a workable plan that will make this city safe for Jews forever.

“To everyone in Canada who bemoaned last night’s horrific violence in Amsterdam, where Jews were hunted and beaten in today’s pogrom; Please wake up!” wrote Michael Levitt in X this morning. Levitt is pSimon Wiesenthal Fellows Center resident and CEO, former York Center MP and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

“This horrific spectacle is just a stone’s throw from the disgusting scenes of Jew hatred we witness here in our own homeland. “When extremist mobs shout, ‘They want to globalize the Intifada, they’re serious,'” he continued, “whether it’s in Amsterdam, Toronto or Montreal.”

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Melissa Lantsman, MP for Thornhill, Ont. and the deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada expressed his dismay in a post on X: “The views from the streets of Amsterdam tonight are absolutely terrifying. ‘Globalizing the Intifada’ looks like this. Don’t look away. Watch the footage and stand up against this lawless mob there and everywhere.”

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The Prime Minister announced his reaction to the events in Amsterdam. Justin Trudeau wrote to X today: “The news from Amsterdam last night is horrifying. This is a dark moment for our world, and we’ve seen it before. My heart goes out to the victims and the entire Jewish community today. Canada condemns this disgusting antisemitism.”

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Also in X, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre He reposted Melissa Lantsman’s tweet and described the attacks in Amsterdam as “a“It’s so scary.”

He continued: “Days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Jews are being hunted in Europe. Never again, not now.”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent two rescue planes to Amsterdam following a “very violent incident against Israeli citizens.”

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