Some followers at Stade de France booed in the course of the Israeli nationwide anthem, and minor altercations erupted at a UEFA Nations League recreation between the 2 international locations Thursday.
Elevated safety and police presence was arrange earlier than the match as a consequence of assaults on Israeli supporters in Amsterdam when Maccabi Tel Aviv confronted Ajax final week.
About 4,000 French safety personnel patrolled inside and out of doors the stadium and on public transit.
The Israeli authorities additionally warned its residents about attending sporting and cultural occasions as a result of assaults in Amsterdam, understanding the soccer match was upcoming.
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Followers show a Palestinian flag and an Israeli flag amid the continuing battle between Israel and Hamas Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
Reuters reported round 100 Israeli followers have been noticed sitting in a nook of Stade de France, which had an attendance of 16,611, not even near its 80,000-person capability.
Earlier than the match kicked off, the Israeli nationwide anthem performed, and a few “boos and whistles” have been heard because it performed.
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Israeli supporters waved yellow balloons, chanting “Free the Hostages” in reference to these nonetheless being held by Hamas.
Throughout the match, a battle broke out close to the place the Israeli followers have been sitting, with some throwing punches, based on Reuters.
There was already friction main into this match, with anti-Israeli protesters waving Palestinian flags amongst others within the Saint-Denis district of Paris with Workforce Israel coming to city.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon gave an unique assertion to Fox Information Digital Nov. 7 after assaults in Amsterdam.
A fan shows a Palestinian flag amid the continuing battle between Israel and Hamas at an Israel-France soccer match Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
“We’re seeing a pogrom towards Jews and Israelis unfold in Amsterdam,” Danon stated. “In 2024. This should cease. ‘Globalize the intifada’ was not only a slogan for these terrorist supporters. I urge the Dutch authorities to assist all Israelis and Jewish individuals instantly. It’s time to reply with drive towards these barbaric rioters.”
In the USA, the Israeli Embassy to the U.S. posted a graphic video of the violence, saying, “The mob who focused these harmless Israelis has proudly shared their [violent] acts.”
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., condemned the violence in a put up on X.
“The hysterical and hyperbolic demonization of Israel has led to a worldwide outbreak of antisemitic vitriol, vandalism, and violence,” he wrote. “The only most monstrous manifestation of antisemitism is a pogrom that’s presently unfolding towards a whole bunch of Jews who have been cheering on the Tel Aviv Soccer Membership in Amsterdam.
Israeli followers conflict with safety employees throughout a match between Israel and France Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Christian Hartmann)
“These inciting antisemitism now have the blood of a Twenty first-century pogrom on their arms,” he wrote. “The state of affairs is so dire that the Israeli authorities is dispatching rescue groups for Jews in peril. I’m sick to my abdomen {that a} pogrom is occurring within the Twenty first century.”
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This incident comes 13 months after Hamas launched a terrorist assault on Israel, killing and kidnapping a whole bunch.
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