Tuesday night of riots in the Netherlands, after the night curfew was imposed on Friday • Police use water cannons and tear gas • Dozens arrested • Cars and shops set on fire, and numerous reports of looting received • Commentary: These are not "Corona deniers" but "young rebels"
The riots in the Netherlands
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The night riots in the Netherlands following the application of the night curfew in the country continue tonight (Monday) in many cities across the country.
By this time (23:00) about 70 protesters had been arrested.
Police use water cannons, cavalry and in some places also firing tear gas.
After yesterday the focus of the riots was in the city of Eindhoven, most of the violent demonstrations were recorded tonight in Rotterdam.
Hundreds of protesters hurled stones and fireworks at police forces, and parts of the city were also looted in shops whose shop windows were smashed.
In Dan Boss, young people set fire to shops and cars, looting supermarkets.
Police forces chased them by police helicopter.
In Amsterdam, 8 young people were arrested after becoming a police car.
In the Harlem district of the city there was a particularly violent demonstration, and police forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
In other cities in the Netherlands, hundreds of young people rioted, causing much destruction in the city centers.
In some places, the young protesters looted shops.
In the city of Tilburg, fans of the local football team were called "to defend their city" and several dozen football fans armed with batons, lined up to defend the municipal football stadium from the rioters.
Interpretation: The younger generation rebels
The riots in the Netherlands began last weekend, with the application of the night curfew between 21:00 and 04:30 in the morning, which the government decided on in order to stop the rising morbidity of the corona virus.
The event that focused global attention in the Netherlands, was the arson of a building where corona tests were carried out in Amsterdam.
But the immediate interpretation that the protesters are "Corona deniers" is not necessarily accurate.
The cafes, clubs and bars in the kingdom have been closed for many months.
The young Dutch people, who like most countries in the world do not go to schools and universities and hardly spend time with their peers, have started in response to producing underground nature parties in forests and uninhabited areas.
The information about the parties would be passed on by word of mouth, and in telegram groups encrypted.
Initially, the police would try to reach the parties and disperse them.
In time, authorities stopped the cat-and-mouse game with party organizers, perhaps in recognition that it would be better to let young people "release steam" than to mess with dozens and possibly hundreds of party hotspots every night.
But then the night curfew came, and the police forces began to fine (about NIS 400) anyone who walked around his house after 9:00 PM, and did not have a proper permit - from an essential worker in hospitals, emergency teams in the authorities, etc. The explosion was immediate: Factors in the Dutch law enforcement system, the vast majority of protesters rioting in city streets in recent days are young people aged 24-16. Rightists with immigrants, high school students, shows a much broader phenomenon than a few "deniers Corona."
this phenomenon has also expanded in Germany and Eastern Europe - "youth rebellion" against the limitations of sources. young people, the vast majority not infected or suffering from mild symptoms Only, they are not ready to "lie on the fence" for the older generation who are more affected by the plague, and on the way to lose their jobs, their social lives, the opportunity to "celebrate life" - as can be done in the days of repairing a place like the Netherlands. , Said tonight (Monday) that "this is a criminal activity for all
As a matter of fact, there is no connection to Corona here - the demonstrators are criminals "(unlike in Israel, the Corona regulations in the Netherlands also prohibit demonstrations - ARG).
But it seems to be much more than a few outlaws, for which the matter can be dismissed as "criminal."
It is a cultural and social rift between the generations in the country.
Unfortunately, with the alarmingly slow progress of the European vaccination campaign, it may expand even further.