French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau says that a Nations’ League game against Israel next week will go ahead as planned despite the violent attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam overnight.
“France is not backing down because that would amount to giving up in the face of threats of violence and antisemitism,” Retailleau says in a post on X.
Paris police are planning to deploy over 2,000 officers around the Stade de France to secure the game on Thursday, November 14, BFM TV reports. Authorities are also expected to cordon off an unusually large security perimeter.
The interior ministry and Paris police department do not immediately reply to Reuters’ requests for details of the exact plans.
Retailleau is meeting with the heads of the French soccer federation and top club PSG on Friday morning following the unfurling of a giant “Free Palestine” banner at a Champions League match this week.
Times of Israel Staff contributed to this report.
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