CBC’s failed attempt at debunking the Amsterdam ‘Jew hunt’
Local authorities clear that attacks were about far more than sports
The CBC is at it again. This time, they’re explaining away the attacks on Israeli soccer fans that happened in Amsterdam on Nov. 7, suggesting there is a “clearer,” much more “nuanced” explanation for the violence that was doled out that night by individuals who chased and assaulted Jews in the street.
Which acts made Israeli soccer fans across the city deserving of such violence? The CBC points to a Nov. 11 joint letter by the Amsterdam mayor, police chief and chief prosecutor to council members, which states that some taxis in some parts of the city were vandalized, allegedly by Israelis; that an Israeli soccer fan took down a Palestinian flag from a building; and that others chanted slogans supporting the Israel Defense Forces. Is the CBC intentionally gaslighting Jews?
The Amsterdam authorities’ letter concludes that the events occurred due to a “toxic combination of antisemitism, hooliganism, and anger about the conflicts in Palestine and Israel, and other countries in the Middle East” — nowhere, however, does it suggest that antisemitism requires a “clearer,” “far more nuanced” take, as CBC’s reporter suggests.
After reading the letter and the CBC article a second time, I was left wondering, did we even read the same document?
The article seems to imply that no “Jew hunt” ever took place in Amsterdam — “a clearer picture of what happened that night is slowly emerging” — despite the fact that a “hunt on Jews” is mentioned in black and white on page 1 of the mayor’s letter. This should shock all Canadians. Was this reporter hoping no one would actually read the letter?
In reality, Amsterdam’s mayor breaks down events without the very-little-antisemitism-to-see-here rhetoric that our taxpayer-funded national broadcaster’s article suggests.
