Public broadcaster says its journalists were trailed by anti-Israel youths in Amsterdam

The Kan public broadcaster says its reporter Michal Reshef and cameraman Micah Rizov were trailed by a group of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian youths after filming a segment in Amsterdam.

In a video published by Kan, Reshef says the group approached them shouting “Free Palestine” right before her live report from the city’s Dam Square, but was “pushed back” by police.

After her broadcast, Reshef says the group “did a sort of wait in the alley” and began to follow her and Rizov as they were leaving, leading them to enter a store for safety and call the police. The video ends with the officers arriving to escort them to safety.

The incident came shortly after the National Security Council cited an assessment from Israeli security agencies that “the wave of violence” following the Maccabi Tel Aviv game in Amsterdam is over and that Israelis can again freely move around the city.

The NSC statement stressed however that due to continued concerns, Israelis should “hide Israeli symbols” and exercise increased vigilance.

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— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) November 9, 2024