イスラエル、ＮＬ仏戦の観戦自粛を呼びかけ 衝突懸念

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】１４日に予定されているサッカーＵＥＦＡネーションズリーグのフランス対イスラエル戦について、イスラエル当局が１０日、暴力に巻き込まれるおそれがあるため、現地観戦を避けるよう自国のファンに呼びかけた。（写真は友人や家族のアムステルダムからの到着を待つマッカビ・テルアビブのファン。イスラエルのベングリオン国際空港で）
　イスラエル関連では前週、同国のクラブであるマッカビ・テルアビブがアヤックス（オランダ）とのヨーロッパリーグのアウェーゲームに臨んだ際、試合後に多数のけんかや破壊行為が発生。約２０人が負傷、６０人以上が逮捕され、イスラエルや米国、オランダ、欧州各国の首脳が「反ユダヤ的」と非難する事態になった。
　パリ警察はフランス対イスラエル戦に大きなリスクがあると判断し、「極めて異例」ではあるが会場のスタッド・ド・フランス周辺や公共交通機関、首都全体に４０００人の憲兵を配置すると発表した。イスラエル代表は国家警察のエリート部隊が警護するという。
　また仏大統領府は、「アムステルダムでの試合後に容認できない反ユダヤ的行為が行われたことを受け、連帯と友愛のメッセージを送るため」エマニュエル・マクロン大統領が試合を観戦に訪れることを明かしている。
　その一方で、ユダヤ人の右派団体は試合前に抗議集会を行うと宣言している。そうした状況の中でイスラエル当局は、標的にされる可能性があるため試合を避けるようファンに警告している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/11-18:27）

Israel has urged fans to avoid Thursday's France-Israel football tie, which authorities fear could become a flashpoint following violence in Amsterdam surrounding a match involving an Israeli team.
Despite a large police presence and the expected attendance of French President Emmanuel Macron, Israeli officials on Sunday warned fans to stay away because of fears they could be targeted.
A right-wing Jewish group has nevertheless announced a rally ahead of the Nations League tie.
The Paris fixture will take place a week after clashes in Amsterdam around a match between Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dutch team Ajax.
The violence was condemned as anti-Semitic by Israeli, US, Dutch and European leaders. About two dozen people were injured, while police said they had made more than 60 arrests.
Describing the France-Israel fixture as high risk, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said 4,000 gendarmes would be deployed around the Stade de France, on public transport and across the French capital.
Such a massive deployment was highly unusual for an international match, Nunez told French broadcaster BFMTV, adding that the national police force's elite unit would be tasked with protecting Israel's footballers.
We will not tolerate any overspill or disturbances to public order, he said.
- 'Intolerable anti-Semitism' -
In Jerusalem, the National Security Council on Sunday urged Israeli fans to avoid attending sports games/cultural events involving Israelis, with an emphasis on the upcoming match of the Israeli national team in Paris.
Organisations wishing to attack Israel had been identified in a number of European cities, including Paris, it warned, advising its nationals not to have recognisable Israeli or Jewish signs on display.
The match comes amid a tide of rising anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim abuse since the start of Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Macron's office on Sunday said the French president would attend the upcoming tie to send a message of fraternity and solidarity after the intolerable acts of anti-Semitism that followed the match in Amsterdam this week.
The scenes in Amsterdam last week sparked widespread international condemnation, with US President Joe Biden and European leaders denouncing the anti-semitic violence against Jews.
The Palestinian foreign ministry reported anti-Arab chanting.
Following rising tensions in the run-up to the Europa League game, groups of men on scooters launched hit-and-run attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters.
This came after sporadic incidents linked to both Maccabi supporters -- accused of chanting and singing anti-Palestinian slogans and songs -- and opposing groups of youths.
Amsterdam police said some Maccabi supporters had burned a Palestinian flag on the Dam central square, and vandalised a taxi.
Police said the attackers responded to calls on social media to target Jewish people.
Authorities have since mobilised additional police and extended a ban on wearing masks.
At least 63 people have been arrested in connection with last week's violence and more detentions are expected.
- Protest planned -
Right-wing Jewish movement Betar on Sunday said it would organise a protest against anti-Semitism ahead of the tie.
World Betar, a pro-Israel youth movement, was also planning to host Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on the sidelines of a gala on Wednesday in support of Israel organised by far-right individuals.
Several associations, unions and French leftist parties had denounced the Israel is forever event, and in particular Smotrich's planned appearance.
But police chief Nunez -- who gave his approval for the gala to be held -- said that Smotrich might not attend.
I understand that in the end, he won't be there, he said.
Betar is active worldwide and has links to the Israeli right.
The group's CEO Yigal Brand said in a statement on Sunday that the movement was outraged at what has happened in Amsterdam.
We are proud Zionists and have nothing to apologise for, he added.
Israeli authorities had warned fans against attending a Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball match in the Italian city of Bologna on Friday, which ended without incident.
Following the violence in Amsterdam, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the Mossad spy agency to draw up a plan to prevent unrest at events abroad.