Some followers at Stade de France booed throughout the Israeli nationwide anthem, and minor altercations erupted at a UEFA Nations League sport between the 2 nations 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 because of the assaults in Amsterdam, realizing the soccer match was upcoming.
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Followers show a Palestinian flag and an Israeli flag amid the continued battle between Israel and Hamas Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
Reuters reported round 100 Israeli followers had 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” had 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.
In the course of the match, a battle broke out close to the place the Israeli followers had been sitting, with some throwing punches, in accordance with 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 Group 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 continued battle between Israel and Hamas at an Israel-France soccer match Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
“We’re seeing a pogrom in opposition to 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 folks instantly. It’s time to reply with power in opposition to these barbaric rioters.”
In the US, 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 submit on X.
“The hysterical and hyperbolic demonization of Israel has led to a world outbreak of antisemitic vitriol, vandalism, and violence,” he wrote. “The one most monstrous manifestation of antisemitism is a pogrom that’s presently unfolding in opposition to lots of of Jews who had 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 scenario is so dire that the Israeli authorities is dispatching rescue groups for Jews at risk. I’m sick to my abdomen {that a} pogrom is going on 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 lots of.
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