The “hysterical and hyperbolic demonization of Israel” led to a pogrom against hundreds of Israeli soccer fans who were attacked in Amsterdam on Thursday while cheering on the Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club, according to Rep. Ritchie Torres.

“The single most monstrous manifestation of antisemitism is a pogrom that is presently unfolding against hundreds of Jews who were cheering on the Tel Aviv Football Club in Amsterdam,” the New York Democrat posted on X on Thursday night in response to a post from the Israeli embassy to the United States about the attacks.

“Those inciting antisemitism now have the blood of a 21st-century pogrom on their hands,” he added. “The situation is so dire that the Israeli government is dispatching rescue teams for Jews in danger. I am sick to my stomach that a pogrom is happening in the 21st century.”

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