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The ridiculous and warped Western government and media propaganda that portrays the Maccabi Tel Aviv football hooligans as victims of anti-Semitic attacks on Zionists, ethno-nationalists, racists and terrorists (many IDF soldiers and reservists and even Mossad agents) is beyond at the hands of the hasbara manipulations of an increasingly ignorant and reactionary populace in both the United States and Western Europe. This comes against a backdrop of growing repression across Europe fueled by the US government’s full and unwavering support for the Palestinian genocide and its cooperation with the State of Israel to spread outright lies to the international community in unison with many of its Western European allies. . .

These so-called “fans” rioted in the streets of Amsterdam shouting and chanting racist slogans and violently attacking local citizens. Eyewitnesses and video reports show that they destroyed property in the historic center as a violent mob that points to the vile, genocidal and terrorist country they represent. They tore Palestinian flags from buildings and chanted and chanted “Death to all Arabs”, “To hell with Palestine” and “There are no schools in Gaza because all the children are dead” as they terrorized the city’s central canal district – historical port. .

The reaction of Western governments and their Western media counterparts to the chaos intentionally created by the thugs in Tel Aviv describes the very harsh reality facing any of us who hope for justice for the Palestinians or freedom of dissent. Just last week, the German Bundestag reaffirmed its recognition International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance the contorted Zionist interpretation of “anti-Semitism” as a tool to weaponize repression and suppress any voices that speak out against the incredibly well-documented genocide that has been unleashed by Israel over the past year.

On a visit to Amsterdam in early 2024, I witnessed Palestinian solidarity at levels unmatched by most of the rest of Europe. There were Palestinian flags literally everywhere we looked and we witnessed and took part in demonstrations every day, starting on New Year’s Eve at the official 2024 city tour. Amsterdam has a diverse population despite its leadership of right and reactionary and many of the Palestinian Diaspora living here has helped create a culture of solidarity that is unique and powerful.

The political leadership of the Netherlands is run by a gang of far-right Islamophobic fascists led by Geert Wilders, one of Europe’s equivalents of exceptionalist racism infused by the US empire and Zionist Israel. As if reading from the script provided by the criminal Netanyahu government, the condemnation of the people of Amsterdam for what were painted as “anti-Semitic” attacks against these ultras and rampant Zionists echoed like a chorus throughout the Western world, starting with the Dutch king and prime minister. Netanyahu condemned the attacks on the “fans” as reminiscent of the 1938 programs and warned that it was time to crack down on the “anti-Semitism” sweeping Europe, and his words were echoed relentlessly from the White House down.

President Biden:

“The anti-Semitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam are despicable and echo dark moments in history when Jews were persecuted. We have been in contact with Israeli and Dutch officials and appreciate the commitment of the Dutch authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice. We must fight unceasingly against anti-Semitism wherever it appears.”

Antony Blinken:

“There is no place in our world for anti-Semitic attacks like those against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam yesterday. The United States stands with the Dutch and Israeli governments…”

But this nonsensical propaganda does not stop with the US state department, Netanyahu’s war cabinet and the Knesset, it permeates all Western media where an alliance of Zionist spokespeople are well positioned to call the genocidal elite of to spread false misinformation. cries of anti-Semitism and the victimization of oppressors in a macabre circus of deception. While Russia has been banned from international sporting events due to its invasion of Ukraine, Western world leaders and international sporting bodies have turned a hypocritical and blind eye to Israel’s genocide, despite growing calls from BDS and others to ban Israel from all international sporting events.

In Italy these parasitic excuses for journalists have names, such as Enrico Mentana the director of the national television station LA 7; Maurizio Molinari, former director of La Repubblica, who is now a constant TV pundit on the Italian airwaves and who compared the defense of Amsterdam residents of their city against this Zionist mob to the equivalent of “October 7th attacks coming to Europe” as it went now. to spread lies on national television about Israeli hostages in the Canal District; Davide Parenzo, talk show host and proud member of the Jewish Roma Brigades, who evolved from his anti-fascist past into a Zionist hate group now aligned with neo-fascists; and Paolo Mieli former director of Corriere Della Sera, who says that Gaza was an independent country independent of the Israeli occupation and a list of others. These ridiculous pillars of Italy’s fourth state control the reign of a media that forever repeats the Israeli narrative, however Netenyahu wants, while glossing over and distracting the masses from the well-documented genocide that continues to escalate every day.

These journalists have names all over the western world and can be found in every NATO and European country, apparently with more loyalty to supporting the myths and lies of the Zionist project and its “final solution” than the interests of their own countries, and just stating this is a direct violation of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance absurd guidelines about antisemitism. CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, the NYTimes, and the Washington Post have repeated the lies of Netanyahu and the US government about this latest orchestrated distraction from the real story they refuse to address – over a year after the most brutal genocide of the 21st century paid for. for and armed by the United States and with the full cooperation and help of Western countries like Germany, Great Britain and Italy, and in the face of the entire impotence of the United Nations and international institutions to do a damn thing to stop it.