Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam targeted by gang chanting ‘Free Palestine’
, didn’t mince words Sunday in an Instagram post responding to Hasan seemingly downplaying the attacks, which left at least 20 to 30 fans of Israel ’s Maccabi Tel Aviv team injured and hundreds more terrorized.
“Mehdi Hasan is justifying a pogrom against Jews in Amsterdam,” Torres posted on Instagram Sunday. “Yet make no mistake: mainstream media will continue platforming Hasan because America no longer treats antisemitism as a moral line that should never be crossed.
Hasan, in a Nov. 8 post on X, argued that soccer “hooligans” before Maccabi’s match with the Dutch team AFC Ajax had torn down a Palestinian flag and chanted anti-Arab slogans. “Oh, and it’s you and your administration that helped kill 16,000 Palestinian kids,” Hasan wrote in response to Biden. “That’ll be your legacy.”that he opposes all violence whether pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli. He contended Israeli soccer fans weren’t minding their own business, but had provoked violence through their own “racist” actions.
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema called the incident “shocking and despicable,” while Israeli officials accused outlets such as the New York Times and Reuters asTrump makes his pick for new head of the EPA — adding second New Yorker to CabinetKirsten FlemingWhere to shop the best celebrity-inspired engagement rings onlineMehdi Hasan/X
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