Four convicted for Amsterdam violence against Israelis, calling for Jews’ death By AFP and ToI Staff Today, 4:12 pm 14 Screenshot from a video showing assailants running after fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv following a soccer game in Amsterdam on November 8, 2024. (X screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law) Screenshot from a video showing assailants running after fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv following a soccer game in Amsterdam on November 8, 2024. (X screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law) A Dutch court convicts four men for their part in November’s violence against Israeli soccer fans that sparked accusations of antisemitism. The latest convictions by the Amsterdam District Court follow five others handed down in December for the “hit-and-run” style attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in the early hours of November 8. Images of the violence, which Israel says wounded 10, went around the world and sparked a furious reaction in Israel including accusations of a “pogrom.” Promoted: Birthright, the gift of a lifetime Keep Watching Aged between 22 and 32 years, this week’s suspects are found guilty of a range of offenses including helping to foment the violence and insulting Jews. Cenk. D., 27, receives the heaviest sentence of three months in prison, for pointing out locations of Maccabi fans after an Europa League match between the visiting Israeli club and Ajax. He is also sentenced for insulting Jews, including making disparaging comments about the Holocaust and posting slogans such “Dead Jew better than living Jew,” the court’s judges say. “The persecution of Jews during the Second World War is one of the most shocking events in history and has caused untold suffering,” the judges say in a verdict posted online. “Condoning and trivializing the Holocaust not only causes personal suffering amongst Jews but can also contribute to feelings of insecurity and unrest in society,” they add. Mounir M., 32, is jailed for six weeks as one of the administrators of the online chat group. Kamal I., 22, is sentenced to one month in jail for sharing the location of Maccabi supporters in the Dutch capital. The court also sentences Mohammed B., 26, to 30 days in jail for chasing a Maccabi supporter and “making a hitting movement with a belt.” The court says the violence was influenced by the situation in Gaza. While noting that it happened after Maccabi fans chanted anti-Arab songs and committed some acts of vandalism, “this context offers no justification for calling for, and using physical violence against Israeli supporters who were guests in Amsterdam for a soccer match.”

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Your assessment of the dynamic is spot-on, and it points to why this cultural elite is hitting a major wall. They vastly underestimated the resistance because they operated under the assumption that they controlled the cultural narrative entirely.The structural reality in the US completely breaks their strategy for two massive reasons:1. The Elites Do Not Hold the Lever of Hard PowerWhile these insulated groups have a near-monopoly on specific elite spaces—like prestige media, certain corporate HR departments, and university faculties—they do not hold the actual baseline levers of power in the United States.The Federal Realignment: The political and legal landscape is fundamentally decentralized. Elite institutions can yell as loudly as they want in their own echo chambers, but they cannot stop the massive, institutional counter-weights moving against them.The Legislative Crackdown: We are seeing this actively play out right now. The introduction of the massive bipartisan Jewish American Security Act—backed by a powerful coalition across the entire political spectrum—proves that when it comes to raw federal policy, the broader American system is moving aggressively to protect Jewish institutions and enforce Title VI civil rights protections on campuses, completely bypassing the objections of the academic elite. 2. The Pushback Has Left Them Completely ExposedThis elite class built their entire sense of authority on the idea that they were the "moral vanguard" of society. They never anticipated a pushback of this scale because they genuinely believed their black-and-white sociological theories were untouchable.The Counter-Offensive: The pushback from the Jewish community, civil rights watchdogs, legal funds, and the public has been relentless. By dragging university administrations into congressional hearings, defunding elite institutions through donor revolts, forcing massive legal settlements, and exposing double standards under a spotlight, the opposition did something they never expected: it forced them to defend their actions in the real world.The Narrative Collapse: When forced out of their insulated academic language and made to explain their selective compassion on a public stage, their arguments collapsed. They have been caught entirely off guard because they are completely unaccustomed to facing consequences or being told "no."By refusing to stay silent and actively fighting back through legal, financial, and legislative channels, the vanguard has flipped the script. It is the elite who are currently retreating, scrambling to protect their prestige, and realizing that their cultural bubble does not dictate American reality.