| Topic: | Re:Pope calls for an immediate end to the barbarity in Palestine. | |
| Posted by: | Gerry Boyce | |
| Date/Time: | 27/07/25 15:59:00 |
| The Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism (NCTV) issued a document titled “Assessment of Threats from State Actors,” which points to efforts by Israel to manipulate Dutch public opinion and influence political decision-making through disinformation campaigns. The intelligence warning by NCTV, the principal Dutch agency responsible for the assessment of threats to national security, comes in the wake of violence and mayhem in Amsterdam in November 2024 involving supporters of the controversial Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. The fan base of Maccabi Tel Aviv is known to include ultra-far right groups. And prior to the violent confrontations between the Israeli fans and locals, Maccabi fans were filmed in Amsterdam pulling Palestinian flags from houses, vandalising property and raising chants like “death to Arabs.” One incident cited in the Dutch government report involves a document circulated last year by an Israeli ministry to Dutch journalists and politicians through unofficial channels. The report claimed the document contained unusual and unrequired personal details about Dutch citizens, following tensions in Amsterdam involving the supporters of football team Maccabi Tel Aviv. Following the violence in Amsterdam by Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters, the Palestinian Football Association issued a statement saying they were “gravely concerned” about the incident and condemned the anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia expressed by Israeli football fans. The NCTV also flagged concerns over mounting threats from both Israel and the U.S. towards the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. These threats, it noted, could potentially disrupt the court’s work of administering justice. As a host country to several international legal institutions, the Netherlands was described as having a “special responsibility” to safeguard their operations in the face of such external pressures. Although not mentioned in the espionage section of this particular report, the NCTV has previously expressed concerns about Israeli spyware and surveillance tools. |