wat0n wrote:If you have to imply Amsterdam is an urban battlefield with armed groups fighting armies and using civilians as shields, you've already lost this discussion @noemon.
Implying is your thing @wat0n, I am quite explicit:
Israeli hooligans went to Amsterdam, broke the city up, violently attacked locals and buildings and are now demanding apologies for getting a few kicks from the locals while offering none for their behaviour before, during and after the game.
In the meantime, no Israeli hooligan has been arrested for vandalism, incitement to hatred or assault despite lots of footage to that effect.
And you 're talking about what poor victims these hooligans and the IDF supposedly are while eradicating pretty much everything in Gaza(gloating with "no more schools in Gaza because we killed all the kids" which is what Maccabi fans also shouted) because it has to deal with "human shields" as if that justifies Maccabi hooligans in Amsterdam causing a riot or the 70 year long Israeli campaign to eradicate the Arabs from Palestine.
A campaign against humans [hields]?
And it also shows how incompetent the Dutch were.
Government being extremely pro-Israel, they allowed the Israeli hooligans total free roam while following from a distance, this in turn meant the Israelis engaged in a city-centre mayhem for an abnormally long period of time under the watchful eye of the police long after the game had ended, keeping the mob active long enough enabling the locals to organise and piecemeal the mob. Within seconds quite competent Dutch police was there to arrest the locals(60 arrests apparently).
Maccabi hooligans very clearly abused Dutch and Ajax's hospitality. As Ajax is a Jewish club in a pro-Israel government, they felt comfortable enough to engage in all this.
All football fans know you disperse after the game, you don't stay on to make a mob.
Football fans are always escorted by police before and during entry and during and after exit.
This escorting takes place for a few blocks until the masses disperse, Maccabi hooligans and the rest of the fans travelling know the rules too but they did not disperse for hours until they were violently dispersed by taxis and locals. Not only they did not disperse but they tore down metal and wood batons from benches with clear intent.
EN EL ED EM ON
...take your common sense with you, and leave your prejudices behind...