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Democracy Now!   Dutch Palestinian analyst Mouin Rabbani discusses the violence that broke out last week between visiting Israeli soccer fans and pro-Palestinian protesters in Amsterdam.    The Dutch authorities made over 60 arrests, and at least five people were hospitalized as a result of the clashes, which local and international leaders were quick to brand as antisemitic, even though observers in Amsterdam have said it was Israeli hooligans who instigated much of the violence.    Rabbani says that while it's common for rival teams' fans to get into skirmishes, what happened in Amsterdam was different. " What we're talking about here in Amsterdam is not a clash between the hooligans of two opposing sides, but rather these Israeli thugs attacking people who, in principle, had nothing to do with the game, and then afterwards being confronted by their victims, " Rabbani says.  

Owen Jones   Well there you have, conclusive proof - you are being lied to. 

KernowDamo   Sky News have in the last 24 hours or so given a masterclass in how dishonest mainstream media outlets can be, having altered headline footage regarding the conduct of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam ahead of and following their match with Dutch club Ajax, where they deservedly lost 5-0 just for the record. As has been shown virally across social media, because Sky News didn’t take it down fast enough, having actually done their job, done good journalism and reported the truth, when many other media outlets were absolutely not, that footage got taken down and altered not one, but twice.  The original video clip features Sky News reporter Alice Porter discussing the actions of Maccabi fans ahead of their match against Ajax ripping down Palestinian flags from buildings. Ahead of the match, fans were heard chanting racist slogans, singing anti arab songs. Before the match there was a minute’s silence held for the Spanish flood victims in Valencia, which Maccabi fa...

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by DiEM25 Communications and DiEM25 Netherlands   The recent incidents involving fans of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam serve as a stark reminder of a recurring double standard in European discourse regarding Israel amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Traveling for a Europa League match against Ajax on Thursday, Maccabi fans rampaged through the city, tearing down Palestinian flags, and engaged in aggressive anti-Palestinian chants ahead of the game. “ There are no schools in Gaza because there are no children in Gaza, ” was one of the chants that was heard throughout the city ahead of the match, and the visiting fans even jeered the minute of silence held for the victims of the recent Valencia floods. As a result, a number of scuffles ensued in the streets of Amsterdam with rival fans and members of the Arab community, not uncommon when fans travel in large groups for European football matches, and some were injured.   But only the latter fact prompted Eur...

Al Jazeera English   Israeli forces have attacked a school in the north-east of Gaza City, killing several people including two journalists. Displaced Palestinians were sleeping, when it was hit on Friday night. 

Profits have plummeted at an Israeli arms firm targeted by Palestine Action.   by Huda Ammori   Part 6 - Sacrifice   Hitting Elbit where it hurts – in their balance sheet – requires sacrifice by the activists who embark on direct action. Occupations are followed by arrests, court cases and sometimes, prison. Currently, there are sixteen Palestine Action members in jail across England and Scotland. Among them are six who rammed a van into an Elbit site near Bristol. Once inside, they dismantled weapons, including the same model of quadcopter drones used by the Israeli military. The action allegedly cost Elbit over £1m in damages. And despite what you may hear in the media from pro-Israel politicians – like former trade secretary Kemi Badenoch who recently met Elbit in Tel Aviv – the public often supports what we do. Last month, a jury in Bradford refused to convict four of our group for causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage to an arms factory. Many, inclu...

UN Palestinian Rights Committee   It is important to call a genocide a genocide, UN expert Francesca Albanese told the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People as she called on all States to examine their relationships and avoid being complicit in this crime being committed by Israel on the Palestinian people in Gaza. " International law is clear. What we’re witnessing isn’t a simple 'conflict' between two equal sides. It’s a people resisting to hold on to what remains of their land against one of the region’s most powerful armies. If you don’t recognize this as a settler colonial framework, then don’t call it a conflict ", she said. " It’s a fundamental violation of the law of self-determination. "