Pro-Palestine campaigners to stage protest against Israel team inside stadium at Olympics
SUMMARY
Pro-Palestine campaigners plan to protest during the Israel vs. Mali men’s football match at the Paris Olympic Games. The protest, organized by Europalestine, aims to highlight the “genocide” in Gaza. Israel will receive 24-hour protection from French elite police units and has brought its own security, a practice since the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy. IOC President Thomas Bach confirmed Israel's additional security measures. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Israeli President Isaac Herzog will attend, with Herzog participating in a ceremony marking 52 years since the Munich attack. Despite the Palestinian Olympic Committee's call to exclude Israel, the IOC will not allow politicization of the Games. All delegations, including Israel, will partake in the opening parade along the Seine.
