The horror of Amsterdam
(RNS) — It happened in Amsterdam. It was right after a soccer match between the Dutch club Ajax and the visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv. Radical Muslims — youth gangs from the Dutch Moroccan and Dutch Turkish communities — went on a rampage, assaulting and injuring Jewish and Israeli fans of the Israeli club, chasing them and beating them in the city’s streets and alleys. Videos show a victim struck by a car, lying injured on the ground, apparently unconscious. A father fled with his son. A man jumped into one of Amsterdam’s storied canals in order to save himself. He was forced to say, “Free Palestine,” while his tormentors call him a “cancer Jew.” Gangs of 10 to 15 assailants ambushed Israelis in alleys. Whatever else you have read or heard about what happened in Amsterdam, know this: These attacks on Jews were planned in advance. To quote the Free Press: “Fleeing Israelis told Channel 12’s Elad Simchayoff that ‘Amsterdam police instructed (Israelis) not to go by taxis. Police officers told fans that taxi drivers …