Scheduled in ten days, the France-Israel match is being prepared in a tense context. The Nations League meeting is due to take place at the Stade de France on November 14. But this Monday, pro-Palestinian activists protested against the holding of this match by occupying the premises of the French Football Federation (FFF), according to information from RMC Sport a you Parisian.
“Sanctions against Israel”
“Genocide in Gaza, we can’t give a damn,” chanted these activists according to videos circulating on social networks. “FFF, ban Israel” or “sanctions against Israel”, could we read on their sign.
According to TF1 journalist Paul Larrouturou, the activists are part of the “Stop Genocide” collective and have obtained a meeting tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Federation headquarters.
Gauge lowered?
The match promises to stir up debate. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, interviewed on BFMTV-RMC, confirmed that the meeting would indeed be held in Saint-Denis. “And we will of course adapt the security system,” he added.
Police prefect Laurent Nuñez had promised two weeks ago “an extremely reinforced security system which will be of a very high level”, both “outside and inside the stadium”.
In this context, could the gauge of 80,000 spectators be revised downwards? “This is a point that we are currently studying,” admitted Bruno Retailleau. “But what I wanted is that we don’t move, for example to the Parc des Princes” – in the 16th arrondissement of Paris – which has 48,000 places, he continued.
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