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Biden: Antisemitic Amsterdam attacks on Israeli fans ‘echo dark moments in history’

By Jacob Magid

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8 November 2024, 8:40 pm 15 Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

President Joe Biden talks to the media before departing from the Brandenburg Airport in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

US President Joe Biden condemns last night’s “antisemitic attacks” on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, calling them “despicable and echo dark moments in history when Jews were persecuted.”

“We’ve been in touch with Israeli and Dutch officials and appreciate Dutch authorities’ commitment to holding the perpetrators accountable,” the president tweets. “We must relentlessly fight Antisemitism, wherever it emerges.”