Thousands of extra police officers are being deployed in and around Paris for a France-Israel football match on Thursday which comes a week after violence exploded on the streets of Amsterdam. Pro-Palestinian groups are urging France against playing host to sporting teams of Israel while it is waging wars and deadly attacks in Gaza,

Kan TV says group of hostile youths trailed its team after it reported from Dam Square, requiring police escort; Dutch report says nobody who took part in attacks has been arrested

Dutch police are warning of calls for more rioting in Amsterdam a day after dozens of people armed with sticks and firecrackers set a tram on fire in the Dutch capital.

What a match in Amsterdam says about Israel’s future in football | The Take Israeli football fans took to the streets of Amsterdam, chanting slogans like “no children left in Gaza” and tearing down Palestinian flags before a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dutch team Ajax.