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Dennis Donovan

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Fri Nov 8, 2024, 02:20 PM Nov 8

Reuters: Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from Friday after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters

Reuters
Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from Friday after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters by what the mayor called 'antisemitic hit-and-run squads' https://reut.rs/3UIgHSI
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Israeli soccer fans attacked by 'antisemitic squads' - News
1:30 PM · Nov 8, 2024




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Reuters: Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from Friday after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Nov 8 OP
The news is reporting this as both parties being in on it Renew Deal Nov 8 #1

Renew Deal

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1. The news is reporting this as both parties being in on it
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 03:18 PM
Nov 8

"Tensions had been rising in the lead up to Thursday night’s match with multiple social media videos showing Maccabi fans chanting anti-Arab slurs, praising Israeli military attacks in Gaza and yelling “f**k the Arabs.” Other videos apparently filmed in Amsterdam show men ripping Palestinian flags off buildings. It is unclear when those videos were filmed."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/07/europe/israel-soccer-fans-attacked-amsterdam-intl-hnk/index.html

What isn't clear is if the one event caused the other or if they were simultaneous.

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