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Lodewijk Asscher, Amsterdam's mayor, has ordered the new decoy strategy to
cut the number of verbal and physical attacks on Jews, amid fears that
anti-Semitic "hate crime" is on the rise.
"Jews in at least six Amsterdam neighbourhoods often cannot cross the street
wearing a skullcap without being insulted, spat at or even attacked,"
according to local reports.
Amsterdam police already disguise officers as "decoy prostitutes, decoy gays
and decoy grannies" in operations to deter street muggings and attacks on
homosexuals or the city's red light district.
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