A Call to Reflect on Israeli Occupation

Soccer Clash in the Netherlands: A Call to Reflect on Israeli Occupation?




The recent eruption of violence between pro-Palestinian citizens in the Netherlands and fans of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team has sparked widespread reactions both within Israel and beyond.

This incident has escalated to such a degree that Israel’s prime minister, infamous for his war crimes, has felt the need to intervene personally, authorizing the dispatch of two planes to whisk away the Israeli team members and their fans.

A close examination of this development uncovers two distinct perspectives:

Primarily, the political legitimacy of the Israeli regime--regarded by many as a fabricated and malignant entity--has been steadily unraveling, now seemingly on the verge of reaching an irreversible point of ultimate collapse.

Decades of enormous financial and cultural investments have been funneled into fostering a fake image of legitimacy for Israel.

Secondly, the Israeli leadership endeavors to exploit the media uproar over the incident, amid the rise in reverse immigration of Jews living in occupied Palestine-- an alarming phenomenon for Israeli authorities.

Therefore, their response, as in similar cases before, is a calculated effort to sow fear among the immigrant Jews in Palestine.

Through incessant propaganda tactics, they seek to convince Jews worldwide that Israel remains their only safe haven—despite increasing evidence to the contrary.


In sum, time and the escalating confrontations between Israel and resistance movements have peeled back layers of misleading propaganda.