PARIS: Israel faces France in a Nations League football match in Paris on Thursday (Nov 14) surrounded by a huge security operation to prevent a repetition of the
Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Group D - Israel vs Paraguay - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - July 27, 2024. Israel fans outside the stadium before the match. French authorities are taking no chances with the game at the Stade de France after supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv club were chased by men on scooters and beaten following a Europa League match against Ajax in Amsterdam on November 7.
In a rare move, police will also be deployed inside the stadium in roles normally assigned to civilian security staff. Several hundred people attended a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday in Saint-Denis to the north of Paris where the stadium is located. "We need to show a sort of 'anti-Amsterdam' this evening," said Arfi, the president of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions .
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