“France is not backing down. » With these words, the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau confirmed his position: the meeting between the Blues and Israel, within the framework of the League of Nations scheduled for Thursday November 14, will indeed take place at the Stade de France, despite a heavy geopolitical context. In addition, on the night of Thursday November 7 to Friday November 8, violent altercations broke out on the sidelines of the meeting between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Europa League, raising fears of potential excesses next week.
Pressure mounts on France – Israel
The question of relocating the match for Didier Deschamps' men logically arose, especially since on Wednesday, a pro-Palestine tifo had been deployed at the Parc des Princes. “Some are calling for the France-Israel match to be relocated. I do not accept it: France is not backing down because that would amount to abdicating in the face of threats of violence and in the face of anti-Semitism, he explains on X. At my request, the Prefect of Police, Laurent Nunez, is making the necessary security arrangements for this match to take place at the Stade de France, as usual. »
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The context is becoming more and more heated. Already at the start of the week, pro-Palestine demonstrators had already demanded the cancellation of the match in front of the headquarters of the French Football Federation.
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