Police commissioner requests 'immediate review' of decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

[Dorcus]

I respected them for joining Reuters and AP News to condemn attacks against journalists, but they seem to have gotten cold feet. There's absolutely a pressure campaign being sent their way.

You can imagine the pressure they're under from the Government who will cut their funding if they don't toe the line.

[Dorcus]

Nothing to see here, the little darlings.

https://news.sky.com/story/tel-aviv-...ested-13453239

Keir b****y Starmer and his underlings should have their arses glued to seats and their eyes taped open wide so that they watch that match report very carefully.

[jon1959]

From the never reported British Jews who support the ban - and demonstrate against genocide in Palestine:

https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org...cles-for-you_1

[Coyote]

You can imagine the pressure they're under from the Government who will cut their funding if they don't toe the line.

And we know the government are under pressure from donors and the ultra-capitalist class.

[IanD]

Meanwhile:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cgr4n07509wo

[JamesWales]

Considering the coverage the Aston Villa ban has been given, the news this evening about the abandonment of the Tel Aviv derby game should be headline news on the BBC’s news and sports pages. So far the story hasn’t appeared on either. No surprise there.

I don’t usually buy into the criticism of the BBC, but the bias of their coverage in recent months has been ****ing disgraceful.

The game was due to take place last night, Mr Icke

It's on the front page or the BBC news website this morning!

[JamesWales]

And we know the government are under pressure from donors and the ultra-capitalist class.

Do we?

[The Lone Gunman]

The game was due to take place last night, Mr Icke

It's on the front page or the BBC news website this morning!

When I posted my message there was nothing at all on the BBC website, Mr Farage. The game had been postponed more than two hours earlier. The report eventually appeared around a quarter of an hour later.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Alternative politics board stuff

[JamesWales]

When I posted my message there was nothing at all on the BBC website, Mr Farage. The game had been postponed more than two hours earlier. The report eventually appeared around a quarter of an hour later.

Two hours on a Sunday night for updates from the Israeli Premier League! BBC sort it out! 😉

[The Lone Gunman]

Two hours on a Sunday night for updates from the Israeli Premier League! BBC sort it out! 😉

Oddly enough Boris, the rest of the major news outlets were carrying reports within minutes of the game being cancelled. But it took the BBC more than two hours to report it, and when they eventually did their report was initially tucked away at the bottom of their football pages. Curious considering the extensive headline coverage they’d given every aspect of the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the Villa game earlier in the week.

As I’ve said, I’m not someone who normally knocks the BBC, but there is no doubt whatsoever that their coverage has had a distinct bias in recent months.

So, how do you feel about the Villa ban now? Do you still believe the authorities should bend over backwards and spend large sums of public money to accommodate the Israeli hooligans in Birmingham?

[JamesWales]

Oddly enough Boris, the rest of the major news outlets were carrying reports within minutes of the game being cancelled. But it took the BBC more than two hours to report it, and when they eventually did their report was initially tucked away at the bottom of their football pages. Curious considering the extensive headline coverage they’d given every aspect of the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the Villa game earlier in the week.

As I’ve said, I’m not someone who normally knocks the BBC, but there is no doubt whatsoever that their coverage has had a distinct bias in recent months.

So, how do you feel about the Villa ban now? Do you still believe the authorities should bend over backwards and spend large sums of public money to accommodate the Israeli hooligans in Birmingham?

The BBC is typically slower with such stories. You will always see it on Twitter first, then the Mail. The BBC tends to be a little more cautious.

Umm, yeah. I think football fans should be able to watch their teams and the police should be able to mitigate for it. Moreover, as a country I think we should be able to prove that they can attend, be made welcome and it can pass peacefully.

[Dorcus]

The BBC is typically slower with such stories. You will always see it on Twitter first, then the Mail. The BBC tends to be a little more cautious.

Umm, yeah. I think football fans should be able to watch their teams and the police should be able to mitigate for it. Moreover, as a country I think we should be able to prove that they can attend, be made welcome and it can pass peacefully.

Does the freedom of football fans to watch a match outweigh the freedom of innocent people to go about their peaceful business without being physically attacked?

Given that said football fans can easily watch the match on television this seems a limp cause to promote.

[jon1959]

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (after his state-sponsored Israel visit) plans to be in Birmingham on 6 November to support Maccabi Tel-Aviv!

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/20...dmarsdn8syijsb

[The Lone Gunman]

Umm, yeah. I think football fans should be able to watch their teams and the police should be able to mitigate for it. Moreover, as a country I think we should be able to prove that they can attend, be made welcome and it can pass peacefully.

I don't. I can see no logical reason for the UK welcoming a bunch of thugs from the Middle East. We have enough of our own as it is.

[Trigger]

It's a game of football lads.

They haven't been banned by FIFA or UEFA for the match. Whoever made the initial decision has turned this into a story that nobody otherwise would be talking about.

Most people probably didn't know or give a **** that villa are playing some Israeli team.

Just another instance of the weak police bending the knee to pressure from their Islamic overlords. Awful. When even bloody keir shows some spine you know the initial decision was a bad one.

[jon1959]

It's a game of football lads.

They haven't been banned by FIFA or UEFA for the match. Whoever made the initial decision has turned this into a story that nobody otherwise would be talking about.

Most people probably didn't know or give a **** that villa are playing some Israeli team.

Just another instance of the weak police bending the knee to pressure from their Islamic overlords. Awful. When even bloody keir shows some spine you know the initial decision was a bad one.

Triggered?

[Dorcus]

It's just High Jinks

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

From the never reported British Jews who support the ban - and demonstrate against genocide in Palestine:

https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org...cles-for-you_1

The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), a volunteer charity, described 'Jewish Voice for Labour' as an "antisemitism-denial group" and a "sham Jewish representative organisation".

[jon1959]

The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), a volunteer charity, described 'Jewish Voice for Labour' as an "antisemitism-denial group" and a "sham Jewish representative organisation".

Jewish Voice for Labour (now Jewish Voice for Liberation) have a very uncomplimentary view of the the pro-Israel lobby group Campaign Against Antisemitism too!

https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org...-no-such-thing

[jon1959]

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[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Jewish Voice for Labour (now Jewish Voice for Liberation) have a very uncomplimentary view of the the pro-Israel lobby group Campaign Against Antisemitism too!

https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org...-no-such-thing

Well, no surprise there that JVL are a bit miffed by a group who are calling them out.

[The Lone Gunman]

Just another instance of the weak police bending the knee to pressure from their Islamic overlords.

What a world we're living in right now. Incredible.

[JamesWales]

I don't. I can see no logical reason for the UK welcoming a bunch of thugs from the Middle East. We have enough of our own as it is.

I mean, the people of Swansea would say the exact same about us. I'm sure many in Glasgow would rather fans be banned from away games and I suspect a pretty penny was spent on policing Liverpool v Man United yesterday.

As an aside - and I freely admit that Maccabi Tel Aviv have their share of thugs - but every video I have seen from yesterday involves Hapoel Tel Aviv (who play in red and white) who are their rivals, and were the home side. Just an observation that is. I don't doubt Maccabi fans contributed to the chaos, as these things are very seldom one sided.

[The Lone Gunman]

I mean, the people of Swansea would say the exact same about us.

Not sure if you're aware of this, but Cardiff is in South Wales as opposed to the Middle East.