Dhe pro-Palestinian activists entered the premises of the French Football Federation in Paris this Monday, November 4, reports the media Off investigation on X. There are more than twenty of them and they are part of the Stop Genocide collective.
This collective, which wants to “denounce violations of international law by Israel”, demands the cancellation of the match between France and Israel which is to take place within the framework of the League of Nations. The meeting is to be held on November 14 at the Stade de France, in Seine-Saint-Denis. “We are scandalized by the announcement of such a match,” declared a spokesperson for the collective in the occupied premises, in front of the cameras of the journalists present. In other countries, such as Belgium, the match against Israel was canceled. Elsewhere, they have relocated it or held it behind closed doors. »
The city of Brussels had actually decided to cancel the Belgium-Israel match which was to be held in the Belgian capital on September 6. The decision aroused incomprehension to the point of forcing the municipal council to justify itself. “The security risk was too great,” argued the Brussels Sports alderman to our colleagues from the Belgian daily The Echo. We were facing serious difficulties, with impossible crowd management at Heysel [le nom du stade bruxellois]. I also remind you that a few months ago we faced an attack that no one saw coming during the match against Sweden. This is a common sense decision, given the circumstances. »
Bruno Retailleau had already rejected MP Louis Boyard
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“Communication managers [de la FFF] want to continue discussing with our spokespersons, explained this person. But, basically, on the condition that we leave, and that there are no longer so many journalists. I think this is not acceptable: we are calm, we are not damaging anything. We will continue to kindly make our demands known. »
Last Friday, LFI deputy Louis Boyard had already requested the cancellation of the match, invoking article 4 of the FIFA statutes, “which explains that universal human rights must be respected”. “I want to put an end to double standards. Why are we imposing sanctions on Russia or Belarus and not on Israel? » asked Louis Boyard in particular. But the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, interviewed on BFMTV-RMC, assured that the meeting between the Blues and Israel would take place as a “question of principle”.
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