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Pogrom in Amsterdam

As heartbreaking news emerges from Amsterdam, where Israeli soccer fans have been brutally attacked, the urgent call to stand with Israel and its people becomes impossible to ignore. In what Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema describes as a “very dark moment,” gangs have targeted and ambushed fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv, a soccer team with a strong connection to Israel. The attacks left ten Israelis injured, with an additional ten unaccounted for, as many more remain trapped in hotels under constant threat. The situation has escalated to the point where the Israeli government has called on the IDF to ensure their safety in Amsterdam, an action that speaks to the gravity of this violent surge.

This is not an isolated incident but a disturbing echo of history, recalling the violence of Kristallnacht—the infamous “Night of Broken Glass” on November 9, 1938. In that brutal night of pogroms, Jewish communities across Nazi Germany faced mob violence as shops, homes,...

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