Since October 7 and Israel's response which followed, causing more than 40,000 deaths in one year, particularly in Gaza, any movement of an Israeli team has been a security headache. During the Paris Olympics this summer, the Israeli delegation was particularly protected.
Recently, the trip of Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters to Amsterdam for a European Cup match ended on one side in racist songs and a Palestinian flag torn from one facade, from the other by violence a would against Israeli supporters after the match.
During the other away Nations League matches, Israel finally played once in the small stadium of Udine, in Italy, to facilitate the management of the supporters, and once in Hungary, on neutral ground, rather than in Belgium. Proof of the difficulty host countries have in welcoming Israel.
But on the side of Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior, we insist that the match will be held at the Stade de France, as planned. “France does not back down because that would amount to abdicating in the face of threats of violence and anti-Semitism,” he said, while several proposed either relocating the match or playing it without spectators.
But to ensure the match is held, a special device was put in place by the authorities in and around the stadium.
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