Demonstrators chant 'Amsterdam is saying no to genocide' and 'Free Palestine,' days after Israeli soccer fans in the Dutch city were hunted down by gangs of masked assailants

Officials said friction had been growing in the lead-up to the soccer match, with the antisemites who led the attack calling for an organized “Jew hunt” in the city.

Thousands of police officers are set to be deployed around Paris on Thursday ahead of a soccer game between France and Israel, seeking to avoid a repeat of last week's violence in Amsterdam involving locals and Israeli fans.