France-Israel: Emmanuel Macron will attend the high-tension meeting at the Stade de France

Emmanuel Macron will attend the football match on Thursday, November 14, which will pit France against Israel, under high security, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the Elysée told AFP this Sunday, 10, confirming information from RTL.

According to the entourage of the President of the Republic, this is in particular “to send a message of fraternity and solidarity after the intolerable anti-Semitic acts which followed the match in Amsterdam this week”.

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Furthermore, the Israeli authorities have called on supporters to avoid going to Saint-Denis next Thursday, a week after the violence in Amsterdam, despite the imposing police force.

The National Security Council, which reports to the Prime Minister's Office, “recommends that Israelis abroad act with precautions […] particularly during the coming week, to completely avoid going to sporting events and cultural events in which Israelis participate, especially the next match of the Israeli team in Paris.

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Considered “high risk” by the French authorities, the France-Israel match on Thursday at the Stade de France will take place one week to the day after that between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, which was followed by violence in the Dutch city.

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This violence targeting Israeli supporters resulted in five temporary hospitalizations and around sixty arrests, according to Dutch police.