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The decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending Villa Park is surprising and shameful. It brutally exposes the problems of integration and multiculturalism with which Britain struggles. Just two weeks after the sickening Manchester synagogue attack, the Jewish community is once again asking the question: will we or won’t we be protected on Britain’s streets?
This is a test in which Sir Keir Starmer, the Home Office and West Midlands Police cannot be found wanting.
Otherwise, this sends a clear signal that the “mafia” can intimidate people, and now the authorities, into reshaping sports and cultural events that should be for everyone.
What makes this decision particularly surprising is that if you are traveling to many parts of Europe for a big football match, there are well-established security protocols designed to keep fans away from local hooligans.
These include meeting points at specific locations where private transportation to the stadium is provided, and situations where fans are “retained” on the ground as fans leave.
That’s not to take away from how miserable this experience can be. It prevents thousands of people from visiting struggling bars and restaurants and enjoying the best their host city has to offer.
However, fans were actually able to join and follow their team. They will have memories that will last a lifetime. For some, this will be the only time they will be able to travel.
But officials in Birmingham still conspired to prevent thousands of people from attending the match.
Left-wing MPs are celebrating the decision with joy. Frankly, it’s disgusting.
Especially after so many on the left of British politics are so outraged at the proposal for “no-go zones” in British cities.
But here we are in England’s second city with a Labor Council preventing people from attending a sporting event that should unite everyone.
As Hamas hostage Emily Damari eloquently put it: “I wonder exactly what UK society has become. It’s like putting a big sign outside a stadium saying ‘No Jews allowed’.”
