Amsterdam City Council declares Maccabi Tel Aviv fans undesirable over Gaza war

23 September 2025, 5:02 pm

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Amsterdam’s City Council votes in favor of a motion declaring Israeli soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv not welcome in the city over the ongoing war in Gaza.

Sheher Khan, leader of the Dutch left-wing Denk party, and the member who forwarded the motion, claims, “The hardcore of their fans supports genocide — and that alone is reason enough,” according to the Dutch Telegraaf daily newspaper.

In November, several “hit-and-run” style attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were carried out following a match in Amsterdam. Images of the violence, in which Israel said wounded 10, went around the world and sparked a furious reaction in Israel, including accusations of a “pogrom.”