Ackman wants to pull hedge fund off Euro stock exchange after antisemitic attacks in Netherlands

Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman vowed Friday to pull his hedge fund from the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam after a series of antisemitic attacks in the Netherlands, in an apparent effort to get law enforcement there to stop such attacks. 

The most recent incident occurred Thursday night when supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer club were assaulted in the Dutch city before and during their game against elite club Ajax.  

Ten people were injured and 60 were arrested, according to The New York Post.

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said the victims were “attacked, abused and pelted with fireworks” around the city by what she described as “antisemitic hit-and-run squads.”

Ackman posted on the social media platform X that he will attempt to “seek approval” from the board of directors of his Pershing Square firm to “eliminate its listing” from the Euronext exchange.

“Events in Amsterdam during the last 24 hours provide an appropriate tipping point for this conclusion,” he also wrote. “Leaving a jurisdiction that fails to protect its tourists and minority populations combine both good business and moral principles.”