Dutch far-right leader condemns attacks on Israeli fans in call with Netanyahu

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders expresses his “anger and shame” over assaults on Israeli soccer supporters in Amsterdam in a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Wilders, who heads the largest party in the government, says on X that in his call with Netanyahu, “(I) told him of my anger and shame of what happened in Amsterdam.”

Earlier, Dutch news agency ANP reported Wilders was to meet Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar and parliamentary speaker Amir Ohana at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport this afternoon.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof also had a call with Netanyahu earlier today. Schoof had been attending a summit of European Union leaders in Budapest when the events happened but he was due to leave the summit early and return to the Netherlands.