an extraordinary security system

The France-Israel match, scheduled at the Stade de France on Thursday November 14, will take place. But the meeting will not take place without tensions. Monday, November 4, around forty pro-Palestinian demonstrators took over the premises of the French Football Federation (FFF) to demand the cancellation of the match. Others suggest relocate it.

But for the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, there is no question of giving in. Even after the incidents of Thursday evening in Amsterdam (Netherlands). “The police headquarters confirmed to me that they were able to ensure security”declared the minister to the press. “For a symbolic reason, I want it too”continued Bruno Retailleau. Matches involving Israel have been tense for a year. Nearly 3,000 police and gendarmes will be deployed next Thursday around the stadium, which should be three-quarters empty. Fewer than 20,000 tickets were sold.

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