Thursday's game was held in a tense atmosphere and under exceptional security measures a week after violent clashes broke out in Amsterdam between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli football fans.
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00:00Protesters gathered in a suburb north of Paris on Thursday, just two kilometers away from
00:09the stadium where the controversial France vs. Israel football match was held.
00:15Many protesters were angry French President Emmanuel Macron and other prominent politicians
00:21were present at the game.
00:22We cry every day, every day, every night, I walk around with Palestinian songs in my
00:28ears and I cry for all these people who are massacred.
00:32And what does our president do?
00:33He comes in support, in support of the Israeli team.
00:38But it's still crazy.
00:39The government is showing us that it is becoming an accomplice, deliberately,
00:44atrocities committed by the Israeli government and history will remember.
00:50Palestine is ours, Palestine is ours.
00:54The rally was held the same day a special UN committee likened Israel's methods of
00:58warfare in Gaza to genocide.
01:01The match France-Israel is a scandal.
01:03What Israel is doing, the state of Israel, is a genocide and we are here to say it.
01:08And we are not going to shut up.
01:10Heavy police presence, including drones and helicopters, prevented any major protests
01:15or fights close to the stadium.
01:18France did not want to take any chances after violent clashes erupted between Israeli football
01:23fans and pro-Palestinian supporters in Amsterdam last week.