Paris police mentioned Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium workers will likely be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to make sure safety in and across the stadium and on public transportation per week after violence in opposition to Israeli followers in Amsterdam.
(L-R) France’s midfielder #18 Warren Zaire Emery, France’s goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier and France’s midfielder Manu Kone attend a coaching session in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines on November 11, 2024 as a part of the staff’s preparation for upcoming UEFA Nations League qualifying matches in opposition to Israel and Italy.(AFP)
France and Israel are taking part in in a UEFA Nations League match on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron will attend, the Elysee presidential palace mentioned.
Israel’s Nationwide Safety Council, in a press release Sunday, warned residents overseas to keep away from sports activities and cultural occasions, particularly the match in Paris, and watch out of violent assaults “under the pretense of demonstrations.”
Nuñez mentioned that 2,500 law enforcement officials could be deployed across the Stade de France stadium, north of the French capital, along with 1,500 others in Paris and on public transportation.
“There will be an anti-terrorist security perimeter around the stadium,” Nuñez mentioned. Safety checks will likely be “reinforced,” he added, together with with systematic pat-downs and bag searches.
Nuñez mentioned that French organizers have been in touch with Israeli authorities and safety forces so as to put together for the match.
Israeli followers had been assaulted final week after a soccer recreation in Amsterdam by hordes of younger folks apparently riled up by calls on social media to focus on Jewish folks, in line with Dutch authorities.
5 folks had been handled at hospitals and dozens had been arrested after the assaults, which had been condemned as antisemitic by authorities in Amsterdam, Israel and throughout Europe. Earlier than the sport, giant crowds of supporters of the Israeli staff may very well be seen on video chanting anti-Arab slogans as they headed to the stadium, escorted by police.
On Sunday, Dutch police detained a number of folks for collaborating in an indication in central Amsterdam that had been outlawed following the violence focusing on Israeli followers, an area broadcaster reported.
French Inside Minister Bruno Retailleau confirmed Friday that the France-Israel match would go forward as deliberate.
“I think that for a symbolic reason we must not yield, we must not give up,” he mentioned, noting that sports activities followers from around the globe got here collectively for the Paris Olympics this yr to rejoice the “universal values” of sports activities.
Macron’s anticipated attendance not solely is a present of assist for the French staff, but in addition goals as sending “a message of fraternity and solidarity following the intolerable antisemitic acts that followed the match in Amsterdam,” an official in Macron’s entourage mentioned. The official could not be named in step with the Elysee’s customary practices.