IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY from the Amsterdam Pogrom on Thursday night - If you have an Israeli passport use it! The Israeli Mossad had warned Dutch authorities in advance that they detected a potential anti-semitic event (which was ignored) . Those with Israeli passports were immediately identified by the Israeli government and a coordinated airlift was arranged. The problem was identifying those Israelis or Jews who had arrived on foreign passports that took hours to be found. Israel sent two crisis teams along with government planes and planes donated by Elal and within just a few hours, they had all been brought home. No other country sent planes or teams to rescue their citizens that had arrived on foreign passports (England and France as examples) (Israeli sends planes as far as Haiti when there are disasters) Israelis said it took Amsterdam police hours to get control of the situation, and in the end 62 arrests were made with only a handful still in custody. The attack was not an isolated event of antisemitism, but rather a coordinated lynch against Jews. 2,000 Israelis were stuck in the midst of ongoing Pogrom that lasted for hours, at multiple locations by multiple groups of thugs waiting for Macabbi fans at strategic locations such as bus stops and hotel entrances. There may be more attacks like this in the future, and we know that the Mossad will be watching. If there is any doubt where home is for Israelis that are travelling or have settled in Europe, I think we should put that question to rest.
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