Al Jazeera, Amsterdam is struggling to shake off the unease following the violence provoked by fans of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv. The visiting supporters burned Palestinian flags and abused people of Arab descent, in the lead-up to their club's match against local giants Ajax. The angry backlash that followed, and the official response to it, is raising questions. Could the rioting have been foreseen and prevented? Does the official response reveal deep-rooted racism and Islamophobia?
