Bruno Retailleau at 8 p.m. on TF1 before France-Israel: “There is no particular threat, but zero risk does not exist”

“The question arose about the ban but the courts ruled and ruled in favor of the police prefect,” indicates Bruno Retailleau, regarding the maintenance of the “Israel is forever” gala in Paris. But far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich “will not be present”, he specifies.

“Simply, I do not want the Palestinian cause to be exploited for other purposes. Anti-Semitism in France today has two faces: that of the most radical Islamism and that of those who exploit this cause for electoral purposes”, believes the Prime Minister.

“I’m going to give you a terrifying figure. Our Jewish compatriots make up less than 1% of the French population. However, they are victims of 57% of acts of anti-religious hatred. It’s incredible and it’s out of the question to let the slightest gap pass”, criticizes Bruno Retailleau, on TF1. “This is why we are saying, symbolically, that France is not submitting and the France-Israel match will take place where it was supposed to take place, at the Stade de France,” he adds.

“I was offered to cancel the match or relocate it, but there is no question of backing down,” says Bruno Retailleau, regarding the France-Israel meeting. “France does not back down; France, the Republic do not submit, particularly to the sowers of hatred,” he underlines to justify the maintenance of this confrontation, with the public. “We are a great country. There are the values ​​of sport, which are our values. These are the values ​​which must invest in this match,” asserts the Minister of the Interior.

“We will exercise very special surveillance in neighborhoods, in places frequented by our compatriots of the Jewish faith. We will have very strong surveillance near the stadium, but also in depth, in the center of Paris,” indicates Bruno Retailleau, on the TF1’s 8 p.m. set. “There is no question of allowing the slightest doubt to be instilled. There is no question of us taking the risk of having this repetition of the dramatic events in Amsterdam,” he insists.

“The Raid, since the Israeli team set foot on French soil, has been active. And the Raid will be in the stadium. We will also have police forces in uniform, in the corridors, and police forces who will not be spotted because they are in civilian clothes”, explains Bruno Retailleau, on the set of TF1’s 8 p.m.

“There is no particular threat but risk 0 does not exist. This is why we took exceptional measures before, during and after the match” France-Israel, affirms Bruno Retailleau on TF1, evoking arrangements “near the stadium, in the RER and public transport”. “We have mobilized a lot of stewards and law enforcement, mobilized all the resources of our law, which will allow us to carry out checks, searches, pat-downs and compare the name on the tickets to the identity cards “, adds the Minister of the Interior. “There will be a somewhat unprecedented service in the stadium,” he summarizes.

Good evening, welcome to this live to follow the interview with Bruno Retailleau at 8 p.m. on TF1.