00:00The violence began before and after a Europa League match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
00:08Groups of young men mostly.
00:10Throughout the day thousands of Israeli fans had streamed into the city and gathered in Dam Square to sing and chant.
00:17What happened last night in Amsterdam and the images and the messages that we have heard from there are downright scandalous and irreprehensible.
00:26And I think that everything should be done to track down and prosecute the perpetrators.
00:31There were arrests in the city centre before the game started.
00:35With reports of clashes between Maccabi fans carrying Israeli flags and pro-Palestinian protesters angry at Israel's continuing war in Gaza.
00:44Visiting fans set off fireworks. Some made racist chants about Arabs.
00:49And there were reports on social media of Palestinian flags being torn down.
00:54Despite their presence Dutch police have been criticised.
00:58They came really late. They came too late.
01:00They came when a lot of people were already injured. Some of them probably got to a hospital.
01:07I don't know if they want to show information if they got to a hospital.
01:11The streets around Johan Cruyff Stadium were well policed.
01:14But Amsterdam's mayor Femke Halsema said perpetrators actively sought out Israeli football supporters to attack and abuse them.
01:22She said the violence was indefensible as riot police had to protect supporters and escort them to their hotels.
01:29Travellers heading into Europe from Israel said they have concerns.
01:33Especially after a year of war between Hamas and Israel.
01:37Despite dozens of Israeli hostages being detained there have been international condemnation of Israeli airstrikes.
01:43Killing and injuring tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza.
01:47Most of the time it's very safe and I felt very safe for a long time as I've lived there.
01:53And now going back maybe things have changed.
01:56But it could be that it was just one incident.
01:59The anti-Semitism that burst out in Amsterdam last night is unacceptable.
02:06And it should be taken care of in a very strong way.
02:11The European Union and the United Nations have expressed alarm and condemned the violence and apparent discrimination on the basis of ethnicity and nationality.
02:20Thursday night's violence follows another incident in Amsterdam last March.
02:24When Israeli and Palestinian supporters demonstrated against each other as the Netherlands opened the country's first Holocaust museum.
02:32Yoloab David, CDTN.
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