The Daily Populous Tuesday November 12nd, 2024 day edition
Authored by jpost.com and submitted by Red_Franklin

Players from TuS Makkabi, a youth under-17 soccer team in Berlin, were reportedly chased and assaulted on Thursday after playing against DJK Schwarz-Weiß Neukölln, according to international media reports.

The players were reportedly chased by a crowd wielding sticks and knives, according to German news site Tagesspiegel daily.

Players from the opposing team reportedly yelled “Free Palestine” at the Jewish team, one of the player’s fathers told the media. The children were also allegedly spat at repeatedly, and the father claimed the referee failed to intervene.

Schwarz-Weiss Neukölln promised to throw out the youth involved in the incident, according to The Telegraph. The “incidents like this don’t belong on soccer pitches – and certainly not on ours,” a spokesperson said.

Alon Meyer, the president of Makkabi Germany, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper witnesses confirmed “threats, including chasing people with knives, undoubtedly took place.” MACCABI TEL AVIV soccer fans arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday, after they were flown from Amsterdam on an El Al emergency rescue flight. The pogrom in Amsterdam should serve as a wake-up call and a mandate for action, says the writer. (credit: Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

Berlin Interior Senator Iris Spranger condemned the attacks, according to the German press agency DPA International.

"Just recently, there were attacks on players from the sports club TuS Makkabi Berlin. These acts show that antisemitic violence and discrimination have not disappeared in our city either," Spranger said on Saturday.

The Staatsschutz hate crime police unit is reportedly investigating the incident.

The club members have reportedly faced similar abuse over the last month, the Telegraph reported. A fan of the team, wearing a scarf representing the team, was in a cafe when he was reportedly punched in the face after being asked if he was Jewish.

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were attacked in Amsterdam following the Israeli soccer team’s match against Ajax. Emergency flights were commissioned to return Israelis home following the assaults. Stay updated with the latest news! Subscribe to The Jerusalem Post Newsletter Subscribe Now

In response to the violence, Dutch authorities banned demonstrations for three days. However, the violence recommenced on Monday night when pro-Palestinian rioters launched fireworks at trams in Amsterdam.

Borromac on November 12nd, 2024 at 08:29 UTC »

Imagine telling Israel to gtfo of the middle east and move back west. While encouraging all the muslims in the west to attack jews encouraging the jews to move to israel.

pattyG80 on November 12nd, 2024 at 07:16 UTC »

Isn't anti Semitic violence in Germany a major crime?

MatiSultan on November 12nd, 2024 at 07:08 UTC »

Is this what they mean globalization of the intifada?