COUNTERPOINT – The fear of excesses becomes the pretext for obsessive denunciation of Israel.
Rarely has the presence of the President of the Republic at a football match been of such importance. By attending the France-Israel match on Thursday at the Stade de France, Emmanuel Macron will not sacrifice a protocol obligation but will deliver a political message, « a message of fraternity and solidarity after intolerable anti-Semitic acts » which followed the match in the Netherlands between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
Given the risks of violence in Seine-Saint-Denis, where the match will take place, in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, fear could have led to the match being canceled. This is what LFI deputy Louis Boyard and other Insoumis elected officials demanded. Incredible inversion of victimhood: since some could lash out against Israelis in France, let’s prevent them from coming. By warning from the outset that it was out of the question to cancel this match or to have it played elsewhere than at the Stade de France, Bruno Retailleau…
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