The mayor of Amsterdam has taken back comments describing violence that took place following a football match between Israeli and Dutch teams earlier this month as a “pogrom”, and has said Israel “bypassed” Dutch authorities regarding the details of the events.

Mayor Femke Halsema was speaking on Sunday evening on Dutch state broadcaster NPO’s News Hour programme.

On 6 and 7 November, travelling Maccabi Tel Aviv fans stirred trouble in different parts of the Dutch capital by chanting racist anti-Arab slogans ahead of their Uefa Europa League match against Amsterdam club Ajax.

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      8 hours ago

      You’re not fooling anyone. The world is watching who the violent ones are.

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        7 hours ago

        Oh no, the Israeli soccer fans tore down a flag and chanted some rude things - they deserve to be hunted and beaten.

        WTF do you think the Jewish community around the world has been dealing with for the past 14 months???

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          6 hours ago

          Boo hoo, those poor idf return racist zionist football hooligans

          Also I can tell you what the “Jewish community around the world” has NOT been dealing with - A full scale genocide