Paris on alert as Israel's soccer team set to play after antisemitic attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam
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Paris — Security forces were on high alert Thursday in Paris ahead of a soccer match between France's national soccer team and the visiting Israeli side. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators held protests in the city Wednesday night, and there has been fear of a possible repeat of last week's violence and antisemitic attacks against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam.
Thousands of protesters marched Wednesday night to voice their opposition to Israel's ongoing war in the Gaza Strip against Hamas, including 46-year-old Nacim Bordiah, who said France "should be boycotting the match."
"We stopped Russia and South Africa from playing in the Olympics," he said, referring to Russia's ongoing ban from the global sports event due to the war in Ukraine and the South Africans being barred during the reign of its white apartheid regime. "Why not Israel now?"
