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A Nations League football match between France and Israel will go ahead as planned next week at the Stade de France in Paris despite the clashes that erupted in Amsterdam following a game between Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Ajax, the French interior minister said.
“Some are calling for the France-Israel match to be relocated. I do not accept this,” Bruno Retailleau wrote on X. “France is not backing down because that would amount to giving up in the face of threats of violence and anti-Semitism,” he added, saying he had asked Paris police chief Laurent Nunez to take the necessary security measures for the November 14 match.