AMSTERDAM POGROM TARGETS 100s. We had thought pogroms had become a thing of the past. That they peaked with the Nazis’ infamous 1938 Kristallnacht riots against Jews. 91 Jews got killed. Then 30,000 got taken alive and put in concentration camps. Plus 1,000+ synagogues got burned. And 70,000 Jewish businesses got damaged or destroyed. All for surviving as descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
On Thursday in Amsterdam the Israeli soccer team Maccabi arrived to see Palestinian flags greet them. Flags that Hamas uses to proclaim their goal of destroying Israel and the Israeli people. Some Maccabi supporters retaliated by removing one flag and burning another. Allegedly, others broke out with anti-Palestinian songs.
During the next 36 hours, Israeli supporters got ambushed wherever rioters found them. Outside the stadium, in their hotels and apartments, even where taxis dropped them off. Apparently, some taxi drivers drove them where thugs were waiting for them.
The thugs attacked hundreds of Israelis, beating and stabbing and ramming at them with cars. Also, they stole cell phones and passports and spread their personal info on the web. And they threw some of them into the canal. This happened on the eve of Kristallnacht’s anniversary.
“Jew Hunt” advertised on Telegram
The IDF flew in squadron planes on a rescue mission with medical teams to bring them home. Now investigators are learning that instigators announced a “Jew hunt” on Telegram in advance. So Israeli security personnel warned Dutch authorities in advance. But the Dutch only deployed 200 officers, apparently less than the hundreds of Israelis attacked.
We must confess the sins of the fathers committed in previous wars. Otherwise, new generations won’t learn the agonizing lessons of the past. And they may have to go through the same agonies until they do learn.
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Image: Kristallnacht-Dzeni, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, altered by G. Ferrar
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