Palestine in Amsterdam - Part 2
Yesterday’s news of Israeli football fans clashing with pro-Palestinian supporters in Amsterdam reminded me of all the graffiti, posters, stickers and flags I saw when I was there in September that showed solidarity with Palestine. Sadly, there were also a few pro-Paslestine signs that were ripped out.
Below are the photos I took from that trip, and you can see similar photos from an earlier trip to Amsterdam in March here.
via Al Jazeera
The Israeli fans instigated the violence after arriving in the city and attacking Palestinian supporters before the match, an Amsterdam city council member said.
“They began attacking houses of people in Amsterdam with Palestinian flags, so that’s actually where the violence started,” Councilman Jazie Veldhuyzen told Al Jazeera on Friday.
“As a reaction, Amsterdammers mobilised themselves and countered the attacks that started on Wednesday by the Maccabi hooligans.”
