The King of the Netherlands condemns the attack in conversation with Isaac Herzog

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“We disappointed Dutch Jewry during the Holocaust, and tonight we disappointed you again,” the King of the Netherlands told Israel’s President Herzog on Friday.

The two spoke after violent pogroms targeting Israeli soccer fans took place in Amsterdam, leaving several injured and three missing.

King Willem-Alexander reportedly expressed disgust and shock at the attacks taking place in his country and promised Herzog that the Dutch government would do everything in its power to protect Israeli visitors and ensure their safe return to Israel.

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG, 64 years young. (credit: HAIM ZACH/GPO)

Dutch Prime Minister condemns attack

Earlier on Friday, the Dutch Prime Minister, Dick Schoof, told Herzog that measures were being taken and that the incident would be dealt with to the full force of the law.

New Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has flown to the Netherlands to meet with officials and security forces as well as the local Jewish communities.