In Athens, the police will be more numerous a few hours before the meeting between Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Euroleague. The move comes after recent attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam during a football match.
Security around the Euroleague basketball match between Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday in Athens will be reinforced after attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam last week, Greek police said. Some 1,500 police officers will be mobilized for this meeting scheduled for 8:15 p.m. Only 40 supporters of the Israeli club were allowed to be in the stands, the source said, adding that other fans had also wanted to take part in the match but the police, for fear of possible scuffles, had refused.
Part of the force will be assigned to Maccabi supporters while anti-terrorist police will escort the team bus. The Israeli embassy in Athens will also benefit from enhanced security.
This decision comes after the events of November 8. After a Europa League football match, Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were chased and beaten in the streets of Amsterdam. Twenty to 30 of them were injured after being attacked by groups of individuals who, according to the Dutch police, had responded to a call to target Jews, launched on social networks.
These attacks, described as anti-Semitic in particular by Israel and the Dutch authorities, aroused indignation in many Western capitals. Isolated incidents broke out before the match, including anti-Arab chants chanted by Maccabi supporters.
This Thursday, security will also be reinforced around the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, for the France-Israel Nations League football match, with 4,000 police officers mobilized around and, rarely, inside the enclosure. of the stadium.
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