In a parliamentary debate, PVV leader Geert Wilders blamed Dutch Moroccans and Muslims for violent clashes around the Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Ajax match, calling it «Jew-hunting» and advocating for severe penalties, including revocation of citizenship for those with dual nationality.
In the Netherlands, last week's clashes between Israeli football fans and Dutch youth have been labeled as antisemitic. This framing is seen as an attempt to blame Dutch Moroccans, whom Israeli media have accused of initiating the tensions.
Israeli media described the demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people taking place in many Moroccan cities as «anti-Semitic», and claimed that there had been a shift in Moroccan society’s view of Jews after October 7.