The Nations League meeting between France and Israel is to be held on Thursday at the Stade de France. She is placed under very close surveillance after the events that occurred last week in Amsterdam.
Published on 12/11/2024 23:09
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“There is a certain concern regarding a match of this importance on the security level obviously a bit like before the Olympics there was a lot of fear with the arrival of the Israeli delegation”recognizes Tuesday November 12 on franceinfo Yonathan Arfi president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif), before the match between France and Israel Thursday at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis.
However, Yonathan Arfi says he has “confidence in the means put in place by the Paris police headquarters and the Ministry of the Interior to secure this match on Thursday”. Indeed, a double security perimeter will be set up around the stadium, 4,000 police officers will be mobilized, some of them inside the Stade de France, as well as 1,600 security agents.
After the violence that occurred in Amsterdam following the match between Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Ajax, this meeting between France and Israel is “from now on a very political sporting event. Is the Republic capable of standing up to those who want to push it back. Are we collectively capable of organizing a simple football match when it is threatened by anti-Semites and sowers of hatred”s'interroge Yonathan Arfi.
Emmanuel Macron, as well as the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau and the former President of the Republic François Hollande will attend this meeting, Yonathan Arfi is delighted with their presence, “it's important, because this presence of the Head of State, of many leading personalities, is a sign of Republican affirmation in the face of anti-Semitism. Basically we have the opportunity all together to to be anti-Amsterdam to make this match a moment of reaffirmation for Europe of the values of fraternity and the rejection of anti-Semitism”.
