Paris Beefs Up Security Ahead of France v Israel Football Match

France has beefed up security plans for the upcoming football match between the national side and Israel in the wake of the violence suffered by Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam last week. Police in the country, which is home to both the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe, are set to deploy 2,500 officers to the Stade de France on the northern edge of Paris, with a further 1,500 dispersed across the capital. This is twice the usual deployment of up to 2,000 officers for “high-risk” matches and will be further bolstered by some 1,600 private security guards at the national stadium. “There’s a context, tensions that make that match a high-risk event for us,” Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez said on French news broadcaster BFM TV, adding that authorities “won’t tolerate” violence....