FAO GOBB - Maccabi Tel Aviv

Did you see this report of the specific intelligence which led to the police reccomendation:

- Scores of extreme Maccabi fans with a past history of violence and shouting “racist taunts” were expected to travel to the Birmingham game.

- Dutch police told their British counterparts that the Maccabi fans had instigated trouble in Amsterdam at a game last year.

- They had randomly picked Muslims in Amsterdam to attack. That led to reprisal violence with some Dutch Jews attacked.

- A huge Dutch police effort, involving 5,000 officers across three days, was needed to quell the trouble.

- A community impact assessment by West Midlands police recorded that some Jewish people wanted the Maccabi fans banned because of the trouble that might ensue if they attended.

- Any trouble started by Maccabi fans attending the Birmingham game could lead to reprisals from local people and further trouble.

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And this is a good piece on the ridiculous politics and bandwaggoning around the whole situation.

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"Choosing to stand with the far-right foreign football hooligan against the local police force: this, apparently, is what British patriotism looks like in 2025. Truly, we are through the looking-glass here."

Posted By: Knitted Jesus, Oct 22, 13:47:53