The France-Israel football match will take place at the Stade de France, confirms Bruno Retailleau

The meeting, which is being held in the context of the war in the Middle East and after the violence against Israeli supporters in Amsterdam, will take place on November 14 in Saint-Denis. Some politicians had called for a relocation or cancellation of the football match.

The France-Israel football match will take place on November 14 at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, confirmed Friday, November 8, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, while certain political leaders called for a relocation or a cancellation of the football match. “The police chief [de Paris] formally told me that he could hold his device and ensure security around the Stade de France. But there is another fundamental reason: let's stop going backwards, let's stop giving up.” declared the Minister of the Interior in Marseille, where he is visiting to discuss the fight against drug trafficking.

The meeting of the French team in the League of Nations takes place in the context of the war in the Middle East, which has repercussions in Europe. On Thursday, violence against Israeli supporters in Amsterdam, on the sidelines of a Maccabi Tel-Aviv match, left five injured. The Israeli president denounced “anti-Semitic pogrom”.

Bruno Retailleau, estimated Friday morning on X that relocating France-Israel “would amount to abdicating in the face of threats of violence and anti-Semitism”. The National Rally deputy, Julien Odoul, proposed on X that the match take place in Corsica, while Manuel Bombard, LFI deputy, called on CNews for a “cancellation of the France-Israel match in view of the crimes committed by the Israeli army”. The Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, announced in mid-Octobern safety device “extremely reinforced” for this meeting.