Quote Originally Posted by Dorcus View Post
Thugs burning flags, beating up a taxi driver and chanting horrible slogans about dead innocent children is a situation which is very likely to inflame tensions. You can call it anti-Semitism if it fits more snugly with your agenda but some of us see it as the retaliatory demonstration of repugnance at crass misbehaviour.
Having read the report I have a different take.

The events chronicled don't fit with James's assertion that antisemitism occured alongside other disorder. It was clear that the first acts of provocation, violence and intimidation were perpetrated by the Maccabi fans, particularly targetting taxis and taxi drivers (who were likely to have been from Muslim communities).

What followed, according to the report, was retaliation for the attacks and damages to taxis, some of this co-ordinated.

The following day, according to the reports, social media posts encouraging retaliation included antI-semetic sentiments. Even then groups of Maccabi fans were using batons and poles to attack others. Presumably this was why 10 of those arrested were Israeli citizens.

However, sometime in the evening, people began being targetted randomly by people seeking out Jews. It's difficult to call this anything other than anti-semetic, regardless of the events that preceeded it.