It makes it a comment expressing concern about racism rather than a comment expressing racism.

Except that she was referring to brown as a political colour code rather than ethnicity. Brown is associated with antisemitic authoritarianism.

Have fun.

We can’t be certain about what would’ve happened had that parliamentary decision gone the other way.

I hope these positive early signs reflect reality.

But of course.

We tend to think of mass murder events when the word “pogrom” is used, but presumably there were many such attacks initiated that didn’t result in deaths. See also the Limerick Pogrom from 1904.

OK. Whether you want to call it a pogrom or not, Israelis/Jews were clearly targeted for attacks and harassment in Amsterdam. Yes, some of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s ultras behaved disgracefully the day before, but that’s no excuse for going after people who had nothing to do with those incidents.

“They”?

You didn’t miss anything worth reading. It’s an appalling article.

Awkward if the pager belonged to a pilot. Mind you, airlines probably wouldn’t want militia members on their staff.