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== Pogroms and race riots in the 21st century ==
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=== 2002 Gujarat pogrom ===
{{see also| 2002 Gujarat riots | Narendra Modi #2002 Gujarat riots | Hindutva }}

The [[2002 Gujarat riots]], also known as the [[Gujarat]] pogrom,<ref name="Wire - Gujarat" /> were a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the Indian state of Gujarat.

The violence was connected to the [[Ayodhya dispute]] and the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid|demolition]] of the [[Babri Masjid]]. The [[Godhra train burning|burning of a train]] in [[Godhra]] on 27 February 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims and [[karsevaks]] returning from [[Ayodhya]], is cited as having instigated the violence.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Fundamentalist City?: Religiosity and the Remaking of Urban Space|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uKnHBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT34|quote=godhra train burning which led to the gujarat riots of 2002|publisher=Routledge|page=34|author=Nezar AlSayyad, Mejgan Massoumi|isbn=9781136921209|date=13 September 2010|access-date=7 July 2017|archive-date=9 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309110528/https://books.google.com/books?id=uKnHBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT34|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State: Gujarat since 2002|quote=gujarat 2002 riots caused godhra burning|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=98|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiW8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|author=Sanjeevini Badigar Lokhande|isbn=9781107065444|date=13 October 2016|access-date=1 January 2020|archive-date=9 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309110530/https://books.google.com/books?id=MiW8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Resurgent India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8xxqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70|page=70|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|isbn=9788184302011|year=2014|access-date=7 July 2017|archive-date=9 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309110531/https://books.google.com/books?id=8xxqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Isabelle Clark-Decès|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98uLj5FpTHQC|title=A Companion to the Anthropology of India|quote=the violence occurred in the aftermath of a fire that broke out in carriage of the Sabarmati Express train|isbn=9781444390582|date=10 February 2011|access-date=7 July 2017|archive-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110135901/https://books.google.com/books?id=98uLj5FpTHQC|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the initial riot incidents, there were further outbreaks of violence in [[Ahmedabad]] for three months; statewide, there were further outbreaks of [[Violence against Muslims in India|violence against the minority Muslim population]] of Gujarat for the next year.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ghassem-Fachandi|first=Parvis|title=Pogrom in Gujarat: Hindu Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Violence in India|url=http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i9755.pdf|year=2012|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-15177-9| p = 1-2 }}</ref><ref name="Escherle 2013">{{cite book|last=Escherle|first=Nora Anna|title=Haunted Narratives: Life Writing in an Age of Trauma|year=2013|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-4601-8|page=205|edition=3rd Revised|editor-last=Rippl|editor-first=Gabriele|location=Toronto|oclc=841909784|editor2-last=Schweighauser|editor2-first=Philipp|editor-link2=Philipp Schweighauser|editor3-last=Kirss|editor3-first=Tina|editor4-last=Sutrop|editor4-first=Margit|editor5-last=Steffen|editor5-first=Therese}}</ref>

=== 2005 Cronulla riots ===
{{see also| Cronulla Race Riots | Islamophobia in Australia | Racism in Australia }}

The '''2005 Cronulla riots''' (also known as the ''"Cronulla Race Riots"'' or the ''"Cronulla pogrom"'')<ref name="austlii - Cronulla pogrom">{{cite news |title=Al-Natour, Ryan --- "'Of Middle Eastern Appearance' is a Flawed Racial Profiling Descriptor" [2017] CICrimJust 17; (2017) 29(2) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 107 |url=https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/CICrimJust/2017/17.html |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=classic.austlii.edu.au |date=2017}}</ref> were a series of [[Racial violence in Australia|race riots]] in [[Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia.

=== Attacks in the occupied West Bank in 2008 ===
{{see also| Occupied West Bank }}

In 2008, two attacks in the [[Occupied West Bank]] by [[Israeli settlers|Jewish Israeli settlers]] on [[Palestinian Arabs]] were labeled as pogroms by then-Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert]].<ref name="smh"/>

=== 2017 anti-Rohingya pogroms ===
{{see also| Rohingya genocide }}

The 2017 [[Rohingya genocide]], was a series of pogroms and other violence committed against the [[Rohingya]] minority of [[Myanmar]],<ref name="J Post - Rohingya pogrom">{{cite news |title=The Rohingya pogrom |url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/the-rohingya-pogrom-504814#google_vignette |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=11 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="EAF - Rohingya pogrom">{{cite news |last1=McIntyre |first1=Juliette |last2=Simpson |first2=Adam |title=A tale of two genocide cases: International justice in Ukraine and Myanmar |url=https://eastasiaforum.org/2022/05/26/a-tale-of-two-genocide-cases-international-justice-in-ukraine-and-myanmar/ |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=26 May 2022}}</ref> particularly in [[Rakhine State]].<ref name="EAF - Rohingya pogrom"/> [[Facebook content management controversies#Incitement of human rights abuses in Myanmar|Facebook was accused]] of inciting mob violence via social media.<ref name="Economist - Rohingya">{{cite news |title=Can Facebook be blamed for pogroms against Rohingyas in Myanmar? |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/12/09/can-facebook-be-blamed-for-pogroms-against-rohingyas-in-myanmar |access-date=2 July 2024 |newspaper=The Economist |date=9 December 2021}}</ref>

=== West Bank settler pogroms in the early 2020s ===
{{see also| Israeli settler violence }}

There were many attacks by [[Israeli settlers]] against Palestinians in the occupied [[West Bank]] leading up to and during the full scale war in the [[Gaza Strip]] in 2023 and 2024.<ref name="B'Tselem - working">{{cite news |title=The pogroms are working - the transfer is already happening |url=https://www.btselem.org/publications/202309_the_pogroms_are_working_the_transfer_is_already_happening |access-date=29 May 2024 |publisher=[[B'Tselem]] |date=September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

=== The Huwara rampage in February 2023 ===
{{anchor|Huwara}} {{main| Huwara rampage}}

On 26 February, 2023, violent riots broke out from Israeli settlers in Huwara after two Israelis were shot and killed by  a Palestinian gunman there earlier that afternoon.<ref name="NYT Huwara">{{Cite news |title=Revenge Attacks After Killing of Israeli Settlers Leave West Bank in Turmoil |last=Kingsley |first=Patrick |date=2023-02-27 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-west-bank.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115222019/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-west-bank.html |archive-date=January 15, 2025 |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The rioters killed one Palestinian, 37-year-old Sameh Aqtash, and wounded dozens, while torching houses and cars.<ref name="WSJ not pog" >{{cite news |last1=Troy |first1=Gil |title=The Huwara Riot Was No 'Pogrom' Anti-Palestinian violence comes from the margins of Israeli society. Anti-Jewish violence comes from the Palestinian mainstream. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-huwara-riot-was-not-a-pogrom-jews-palestinians-misappropriation-mainstream-margins-russia-95b5dabb |access-date=15 June 2024 |date=3 March 2023}}</ref>

Top Israeli general in the [[West Bank]], [[Yehuda Fuchs]], referred to the Israeli settlers' actions as a "pogrom": "The incident in Hawara was a pogrom carried out by outlaws,"<ref name="CNN WB Pogrom" >{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/middleeast/west-bank-smotrich-ned-price-intl/index.html|title=US condemns Israel far right minister's call for Palestinian town 'to be erased'|first1=Hadas |last1=Gold |first2=Richard Allen |last2=Greene |first3=Michael |last3=Schwartz |first4=Jennifer |last4=Hansler |date=1 March 2023 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="religion news" >{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/2023/03/03/its-a-dangerous-turn-when-a-pogrom-becomes-an-act-of-faith/|title=It's a dangerous turn when a pogrom becomes an act of faith|first=Daoud|last=Kuttab|date=3 March 2023}}</ref> and Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] condemned "vigilantism".<ref name="NYT Huwara" />

Journalist [[Gideon Levy]] wrote an editorial in ''[[Haaretz]]'' saying that Israel's military had failed to stop the violence stating: "whether out of apathy and complacency, or because they were very deliberately turning a blind eye."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Israeli Settlers’ Hawara Pogrom Was a Preview of Sabra and Chatila 2 |last=Levy |first=Gideon |date=2023-02-28 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-28/ty-article/.highlight/israeli-settlers-hawara-pogrom-was-a-preview-of-sabra-and-chatila-2/00000186-94ae-d3a9-a1cf-b5ff5adb0000 |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> A legal expert said that the rioters could face war crime charges if Israel did not conduct an investigation into the perpetrators.<ref name="MEE - Broken glass in Hawara" >{{cite news |title=Israeli press review: Columnist warns 'Kristallnacht was relived in Huwwara' |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kristallnacht-relived-huwwara-press-review |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=Middle East Eye |date=28 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> 

Jewish American documentary maker [[Simone Zimmerman]] also used the term ''pogrom'' to describe the attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers in Hawara in February 2023.<ref name="Zimmerman">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqg0IvUiVWY |date=25 April 2024 |title=Why so many young Jews are turning on Israel - Simone Zimmerman - The Big Picture S4E7 (time stamp: 20:40) |via=YouTube}}</ref> Zimmerman described these attacks as being committed by settlers while the Israeli army stood by and let it happen.<ref name="Zimmerman" />

=== Hamas-initiated attacks on 7 October 2023 ===
{{main| 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel }}

On 7 October 2023, [[Hamas]]' [[Al Qassam Brigades]] militant wing (based in the [[Gaza Strip]]), and other groups and individuals incited to join them,<ref name="al-Aqsa Flood incitement">{{cite web |title="We announce the start of the al-Aqsa Flood" |url=https://www.oasiscenter.eu/en/we-announce-the-start-of-the-al-aqsa-flood |website=Fondazione Internazionale Oasis |access-date=8 April 2024 |language=en |date=13 December 2023}}</ref>   initiated an attack on Israel. In addition to the military, the attack also targeted civilian communities and resulted in the deaths of over 695 Israeli civilians, most of whom were [[Israeli Jews]] and some of whom were [[Arab Israelis]].<ref name="JZ & JS - US Policy">{{Cite report |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1215299.pdf |title=Israel and Hamas 2023 Conflict In Brief: Overview, U.S. Policy, and Options for Congress|last1=Zanotti |first1=Jim |last2=Sharp |first2=Jeremy M. |date=November 1, 2023 |publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 9, 2023 |title=Was Hamas's attack on Saturday the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust? |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/was-hamass-attack-on-saturday-the-bloodiest-day-for-jews-since-the-holocaust/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022084837/https://www.timesofisrael.com/was-hamass-attack-on-saturday-the-bloodiest-day-for-jews-since-the-holocaust/ |archive-date=October 22, 2023 |work=The Times of Israel}}</ref> In the attacks Al Qassam and other armed groups from Gaza also [[Gaza war hostage crisis|took approximately 250 people]], many of which were non-Israelis hostage, including infants, elderly, and people who had already been severely injured.<ref name="Haaretz hostages list">{{cite news |title=The Names of Those Abducted From Israel |url=https://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-explains/2023-10-22/ty-article-magazine/hostages-held-by-hamas-the-names-of-those-abducted-from-israel/0000018b-55f8-d5d2-afef-d5fdd04e0000 |publisher=[[Haaretz]] |date=22 October 2023 |access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref>

The 7 October attacks were described as a "pogrom" by [[Suzanne Rutland]], who defined a pogrom as a government-approved attack on Jews and pointed out that the attacks were initiated by the [[Hamas government in the Gaza Strip|Hamas, the governing authority of Gaza]].<ref name="Rutland">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOSMdSYZtMw |title=The Australian Jew dubbed traitor for speaking out against the war in Gaza (time stamp 19:00) |via=Youtube |date=5 May 2024}}</ref> Others who have described the 7 October attacks as a pogrom include then-[[UK Foreign Secretary]] [[David Cameron]], and think tanks such as the [[Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]].<ref name="CAMERON">{{Cite press release |title=Six months since the brutal attacks by Hamas on October 7: article by the Foreign Secretary |date=7 April 2024 |publisher=[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/six-months-since-the-brutal-attacks-by-hamas-on-october-7-article-by-the-foreign-secretary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410071943/https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/six-months-since-the-brutal-attacks-by-hamas-on-october-7-article-by-the-foreign-secretary |archive-date=10 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="JCPA">{{Cite journal |last=Quitaz |first=Suzan |date=17 April 2024 |title=The Rise in Antisemitic Attacks in the UK since Hamas's October 7 Pogrom is Unprecedented |url=https://jcpa.org/article/the-rise-in-antisemitic-attacks-in-the-uk-since-hamass-october-7-pogrom-is-unprecedented/ |url-status=live |journal=Jerusalem Issue Briefs |publisher=Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, [[Institute for Contemporary Affairs]] |volume=24 |issue=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612201255/https://jcpa.org/article/the-rise-in-antisemitic-attacks-in-the-uk-since-hamass-october-7-pogrom-is-unprecedented/ |archive-date=12 June 2024}}</ref> An editorial by the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' Editorial Board referred to 7 October attacks as a pogrom.<ref name="WSJ 10/7" />

Survivors of October 7 have also described the attack on their [[kibbutzim]] as pogroms.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kierszenbaum |first=Quique |date=2023-10-11 |title='It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/it-was-a-pogrom-beeri-survivors-horrific-attack-hamas-terrorists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009064017/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/it-was-a-pogrom-beeri-survivors-horrific-attack-hamas-terrorists |archive-date=2024-10-09 |access-date=2024-10-20 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Some sources from in Israel and in the Jewish diaspora have specifically objected to the characterisation of 7 October as a pogrom, saying the events on 7 October do not resemble the original historical pogroms in Russia.<ref name="Zaretsky - 7 October">{{cite news |last1=Zaretsky |first1=Robert |title=Why so many people call the Oct. 7 massacre a 'pogrom' — and what they miss when they do so |url=https://forward.com/culture/567188/pogrom-october-7-massacre-israel-yerushalmi/ |access-date=6 June 2024 |work=The Forward |date=27 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'' described the 7 October attacks as "historically unique", as well as "foreseeable" and "expected".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-771080 |title=October 7 is historically unique |date=November 2023}}</ref> [[Judith Butler]], controversially described the attacks as an "act of armed resistance".<ref name="LM - Judith Butler" >{{cite news |title=Judith Butler, by calling Hamas attacks an 'act of armed resistance,' rekindles controversy on the left |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/03/15/judith-butler-by-calling-hamas-attacks-an-act-of-armed-resistance-rekindles-controversy-on-the-left_6621775_23.html |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=Le Monde |date=15 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

=== West Bank pogroms in 2023 ===
{{see also| Gaza genocide | Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war#Settler violence and depopulation of villages }}
 
[[Khirbet Zanuta]] is a [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] [[Bedouin]] village in the [[Hebron Governorate]] in the southern [[West Bank]], {{Convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Hebron]], which was [[ethnically cleansed]] during the [[Gaza war]].<ref name="Guardian - Exodus">{{cite news |last1=McKernan |first1=Bethan |title='A new Nakba': settler violence forces Palestinians out of West Bank villages |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/31/west-bank-palestinian-villages-israeli-army-settlers |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=31 October 2023}}</ref> Some farmers remained or returned and the attacks continued.<ref name="Machsomwatch - Zenuta">{{cite news |title=Zenuta – the settlers send a drone which frightens the sheep |url=https://www.machsomwatch.org/en/reports/checkpoints/23042023/morning/74306 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=Machsom Watch |date=23 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The location has previously been attacked in 2022.<ref name="Machsomwatch - Zenuta 2022">{{cite news |title=Zenuta - settler terror |url=https://www.machsomwatch.org/en/reports/checkpoints/07022022/morning/72030 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=Machsom Watch |date=7 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

<!--  I think this village might be in Wikipedia with an alternate spelling -->In the Palestinian village of [[Al-Qanoub]] [[Israeli settlers]] descended from the nearby settlement of [[Asfar]] and the adjacent outpost of [[Pnei Kedem]], burned houses, set their dogs on the farm animals, and, at gunpoint, ordered the residents to leave or else they would be killed.<ref name="972+ Al-Qanoub">{{cite news |last1=Reiff |first1=Ben |title=Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives after settler pogroms |url=https://www.972mag.com/palestinians-west-bank-settler-pogroms/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=+972 Magazine |date=18 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

=== 2024 riots against Syrian refugees in Turkey ===
{{see also| Syrians in Turkey }}

In 2024 there were pogroms against Syrian refugees in Turkey.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newarab.com/news/syrians-fear-violence-turkey-teenager-leaks-personal-data | title=Syrians fear violence as Turkey teenager leaks personal data | work=The New Arab }}</ref>

===November 2024 Amsterdam riots===
The [[November 2024 Amsterdam riots]] preceding and following the [[AFC Ajax]] - [[Maccabi Tel Aviv]] football match were described by some as a "pogrom". Israeli diplomat [[Danny Danon]] stated that, "We are receiving very disturbing reports of extreme violence against Israelis and Jews on the streets of [[Holland (country)|Holland]]. There is a pogrom currently taking place in Europe in 2024".<ref name="JNS 2024-11-08">{{Cite news |url=https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-sends-planes-to-amsterdam-to-rescue-jews-from-pogrom/ |title='Pogrom' in Amsterdam: Netanyahu sends planes to save Jews; 10 injured, 3 missing |publisher=Jewish News Service |date=8 November 2024}}</ref> The [[Mayor of Amsterdam]] later said that the word "pogrom" was inappropriate and that it had been misused as "propaganda".<ref>{{cite AV media |author=Owen Jones |title=Amsterdam Mayor: I REGRET Claiming Pogrom And Not Denouncing Tel Aviv Thugs' Violence |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H_ozYgHpoM&ab_channel=OwenJones |access-date=19 November 2024 |via=YouTube |date=18 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Amsterdam riots were not pogrom,' mayor says, defending Muslim population |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-829656 |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=18 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Amsterdam Mayor admits 'Israeli football riots were not a pogrom' |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241120-amsterdam-mayor-admits-israeli-football-riots-were-not-a-pogrom/ |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=Middle East Monitor |date=20 November 2024}}</ref> In the weeks after the event, the initial media coverage was widely criticized for misrepresenting the event.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Amsterdam riots: what really happened {{!}} Media Watch |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0MJr6v0bI&ab_channel=ABCNewsIn-depth |access-date=21 November 2024 |via=YouTube |publisher=ABC News |date=18 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Israeli Soccer Attacks: Amsterdam Photographer on What Really Happened |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjoQkPXA_us&list=TLPQMjExMTIwMjSR6ohstOylZw&index=6&ab_channel=Zeteo |access-date=21 November 2024 |via=YouTube |publisher=Zeteo News |date=12 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Racist Israeli Football Thugs RAMPAGE In Amsterdam - And Media LIES |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clHlvgOPrWY&list=TLPQMjExMTIwMjSR6ohstOylZw&index=9&ab_channel=OwenJones |access-date=21 November 2024 |via=YouTube |publisher=Owen Jones |date=8 November 2024}}</ref> Targets of the violence included Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-08 |title='They shouted Jewish, IDF': Israeli football fans describe attack in Amsterdam |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgv4mdr9y8o |access-date=2024-11-11 |publisher=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> an Arab taxi driver,<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=Israeli hooligans provoke clashes in Amsterdam after chanting anti-Palestinian slogans |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-hooligans-provoke-clashes-amsterdam-after-chanting-anti |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref> and pro-Palestinian protestors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli football fans clash with protesters in Amsterdam |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/8/israeli-football-fans-clash-with-protesters-in-amsterdam |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |quote=Amsterdam city council member says ‘Maccabi hooligans’ instigated violence and attacked Palestinian supporters.}}</ref> In the run-up to the match, some Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were filmed pulling [[Flag of Palestine|Palestinian flags]] from houses, making [[Anti-Arab racism|anti-Arab chants]] such as "[[Death to Arabs]]", assaulting people, and vandalising local property.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Riel |first1=Roos van |last2=Herter |first2=Anna |date=9 November 2024 |title=Beelden harde kern Maccabi schuren: 'Ze trapten tegen onze deur en probeerden ons huis binnen te komen' |url=https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/beelden-harde-kern-maccabi-schuren-ze-trapten-tegen-onze-deur-en-probeerden-ons-huis-binnen-te-komen~bd3cb6e2/ |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=[[Het Parool]] |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Emergency measures in Amsterdam over attacks on Israeli football fans after Palestinian flags torn down |url=https://news.sky.com/story/israel-says-it-will-deploy-rescue-mission-after-violent-incident-targeting-israeli-citizens-in-amsterdam-13250370 |access-date=8 November 2024 |website=[[Sky News]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli football fans clash with protesters in Amsterdam |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/8/israeli-football-fans-clash-with-protesters-in-amsterdam |access-date=8 November 2024 |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Israeli soccer fans attacked in Amsterdam |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-soccer-fans-attacked-amsterdam-maccabi-tel-aviv-ajax-rcna179262 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en |date=8 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Willem |first1=Feenstra |last2=Haro |first2=Kraak |last3=Mark |first3=Misérus |last4=Loes |first4=Reijmer |last5=Marjolein van |first5=de Water |date=8 November 2024 |title=Hoe de oorlog in het Midden-Oosten Amsterdam in geweld onderdompelde |trans-title=How the Middle East War Engulfed Amsterdam in Violence |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/hoe-de-oorlog-in-het-midden-oosten-amsterdam-in-geweld-onderdompelde~b7d4494b/ |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=De Volkskrant |language=nl}}</ref> Calls to target Israeli supporters were subsequently shared via social media.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Rayner |first1=Gordon |last2=Stringer |first2=Connor |date=2024-11-08 |title=Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to 'Hunt Jews' across Amsterdam |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/08/jewish-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-attacked-in-amsterdam/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/artikel/5479449/geweld-aanvallen-israeliers-amsterdam-snapchat-oproep-social-media|title='Wees daar strijders!': zo werden de aanvallen op Israëlische supporters georganiseerd|first=Daniël|last=Verlaan|work=RTL Nieuws|date=9 November 2024|language=nl}}</ref>