Dutch police arrest 5 at anti-Israel protest

Five men and boys were arrested for unruly behaviour during a demonstration to show support for Palestinians in Gaza in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, police said.

A police statement issued Friday said the men were detained for shouting insults, disturbing the peace and ignoring orders to disperse Thursday night

Police said about 300 men, most of Moroccan ancestry, attended the Utrecht rally. Dutch television showed a group of young men chanting "Hamas! Hamas! Jews to the gas." The chant is used by Dutch football fans who dislike Amsterdam Ajax, which is identified as a "Jewish" team by both its own supporters and opponents.

Several hundred pro-Israel supporters are staging a rally Friday in front of the Dutch parliament building in the Hague.