pro-Palestine activists enter the FFF to demand the cancellation of the match

Protest at the FFF. This Monday, around twenty pro-Palestinian activists entered the premises of the French Football Federation, boulevard de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, to protest against the holding of the France-Israel meeting, which is to take place on November 14 at the Stade de France, as part of the Nations League.

These activists entered with numerous signs – “Free Palestine”, “Gaza, stop genocide!”, “No to the France-Israel match at the Stade de France”… – and took their place at the entrance to the headquarters of the FFF. They denounce violations of international law by Israel in the conflict between it and Hamas on the territory of the Gaza Strip and demand the cancellation of the match between the French team and the Israeli selection. Several songs were sung by the group including “The Song of the Partisans”.

According to the media Off Investigation, which shared images of the intrusion, the FFF would have agreed to discuss with a spokesperson if the rest of the group left. Proposal refused by the collective. “We will continue to make our demands known to the public who are there and who do not always know themdeclared a spokesperson, in comments reported by RMC Sport. We are very calm, everyone is calm here. No one will be attacked, nothing will be damaged, but we would like to be able to explain the reasons why we are extremely indignant, scandalized, by the announcement of such a match, while in other countries, like Belgium, the match against Israel was canceled, and in other countries they relocated it or held it behind closed doors.”