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Terrorism
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Anti-Semitic Attacks Against Israelis in Amsterdam
This was one report from Amsterdam after a football match on Thursday:
Femke Halsema [mayor of Amsterdam] told a news conference: ‘This is a very dark moment for the city, for which I am deeply ashamed. Antisemitic criminals attacked and assaulted visitors to our city, in hit-and-run actions.’
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The Pager Condemnations Roll In
Yes, you read that right. Despite Israel conducting the most targeted and most precise take-down of an active enemy’s communications and officers’ corps in history – they have committed offenses against international law. Consider just one highly relevant source, the UN Human Rights Chief:
“Simultaneous targeting of thousands of individuals, whether civilians or members of armed groups, without knowledge as to who was in possession of the targeted devices, their location and their surroundings at the time of the attack, violates international human rights law and, to the extent applicable, international humanitarian law.”