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“A message of fraternity and solidarity”
Given the Israeli military intervention in Gaza and Lebanon, the meeting had long been identified as high risk and an ultra-reinforced security system is planned, with 4,000 police and gendarmes – three times more than usual -, the Raid ensuring the safety of the Israel team. The violence that broke out in Amsterdam last Thursday, where Macabi-Tel Aviv supporters were targeted after a match against Ajax, has increased concern. So much so that the Israeli authorities are calling on their nationals not to go to the match tomorrow. Israel's national security council says it has identified “groups that want to attack Israelis in a number of European cities”, citing Brussels, major British cities, Amsterdam and Paris.
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In Amsterdam, Anne Franck's city, the violence that broke out last week had nothing to do with fan fights. It is indeed the importation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which gave rise to hallucinatory scenes of the hunt for the Jew in the streets of a European city. “An explosion of anti-Semitism not seen for a long time,” according to the mayor of Amsterdam. “A terrible anti-Semitic attack”, also deplored the Dutch Prime Minister, expressing his “shame that this could happen to the Netherlands in 2024”.
In France, on Tuesday, deputies from La France insoumise demanded the cancellation of the match between France and Israel. For LFI deputy Louis Boyard, it was about “protesting against the war in Gaza”. While anti-Semitic acts increased by 192% in the first half of the year, Jean-Luc Mélenchon affirmed last June that in France, anti-Semitism was “residual”, criticizing “an abusive paralyzing ray of the accusation of anti-Semitism” . To this denial of reality, electoralist and cynical, we must oppose a complete refusal. There is no other option than to stand up.
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