Events such as the Jew-baiting in Amsterdam following a football match last week are increasing in Europe. The ECR Group in the European Parliament initiated a debate about the Antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam today.
“The deplorable events in Amsterdam are not isolated incidents. They fit into a pattern of increasing hatred of Jews and are strongly fuelled by Muslim extremists and left-wing activists, an ominous coalition of groups that together have created a particularly explosive anti-Semitic climate,” highlighted MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen (ECR GrouP.
Ruissen called on EU member states to take a series of coordinated measures.
“We cannot stand idly by while the Jewish community is increasingly pushed into a corner. Organisations sympathetic to Hamas, such as Samidoun, should be placed on the European list of terrorist organisations. Demonstrations where there is a risk of anti-Semitic statements should be banned”, he said.
Ruissen also called for more action against online anti-Semitism and for anti-Semitic migrants to be turned back at borders.
“There is no place for anti-Semitism in Europe. Those who want a residence permit must show that they support our values”, added Ruissen.
“The violence in Amsterdam is unacceptable. My call for an emergency debate in the European Parliament is, therefore, 1. ban organisations that sympathise with Hamas, 2. tackle anti-Semitic demonstrators, 3. tackle anti-Semitism online,” Ruissen concluded.
