Herzog was amongst senior Israeli politicians who mentioned the violence recalled the assault on Israel by Hamas gunmen final yr in addition to assaults on European Jews within the pogroms of earlier centuries.
“We see with horror this morning, the stunning pictures and movies that since October seventh, we had hoped by no means to see once more: an anti-Semitic pogrom at the moment happening in opposition to Maccabi Tel Aviv followers and Israeli residents within the coronary heart of Amsterdam,” he wrote on X.
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri mentioned that the mass killing by Israeli forces in Gaza and lack of worldwide intervention to cease it “is prone to result in such spontaneous repercussions”.
“This emphasizes that stopping the genocide in Gaza is a necessary a part of respecting and defending human rights, in addition to guaranteeing regional and international safety and peace,” he advised Reuters.
The Gaza battle has led to protests in help of either side throughout Europe and america, and each Jews and Arabs have been attacked.