Willem-Alexander, Máxima and Family, General News 5: Aug 2023 -

[Alison H]

Amsterdam: We must not turn blind eye to antisemitism, says Dutch king after attacks on Israeli football fans

Willem-Alexander says Jewish people must feel safe in the Netherlands after Israeli football supporters come under attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

King Willem Alexander condemned last night'd violence in Amsterdam.

 

[EvaH]

My God. He got it all wrong per the police explanation and now looks like a fool :/

 

[Somebody]

I am not sure why you think the king looked like a fool when he echoed the exact same sentiments as his government and the mayor of Amsterdam,

 

[EvaH]

"Amsterdam’s police chief, Peter Holla, said there had been “incidents on both sides”, starting on Wednesday night when Maccabi fans tore down a Palestinian flag from the facade of a building in the city centre, shouted “**** you Palestine” and destroyed a taxi."

First charges over violence linked to football match in Amsterdam

City’s police chief says ‘incidents on both sides’ led to violent unrest as ‘around 40’ fined and released

www.theguardian.com

Not quite the antisemitic attacks that was initially presented, therefore the King should have waited to have all facts. News are now coming out from the lo population that indeed those fans brought troubles to their neighborhood, with various chants inciting to violence against Arabs etc with video proof as well. Classic case of FAFO.

 

[JR76]

I am not sure why you think the king looked like a fool when he echoed the exact same sentiments as his government and the mayor of Amsterdam,

The sentiments echoed by the King, the Government, the Mayor of Amsterdam and officials all over Europe have been proven one-sided and there's been a huge backlash during the weekend against the communication of European authorities, the press coverage of the incident and how the incidents were managed by the police. There seems to be some clear political motivations behind how the actions of football hooligans and those reacting to said actions and also protesters against them, and their team, being allowed to enter the country have been portrayed.
Had the King waited the whole picture would have been clearer and his well-meaning message would most likely have been worded differently. That said, he did right in speaking out. Racism and rioting should be condemned no matter who commits it.

 

[Marengo]

We are led by a government that instead of throwing water on a fire prefers to throw oil on it. Wilders -the de facto prime minister in all but name- has been fuming for days. We can not count on them to give a balanced review of any situation. These kind of parties benefit from doing the exact opposite.