Amazing activists from Sheffield took a coach down to Birmingham tonight to join the West Midlands PSC organised demonstration against the vist of Macabee, an Israeli football team.
The match versus Aston Villa attracted much publicity two weeks ago on the basis of Macabee fans’s reputation. After a risk assessment and consultation it was deemed by West Midlands police that they posed too much of a risk to the local community; the slogans used in their previous riot in Amsterdam included death to all Arabs.
Of course we welcomed this and also the announcement that Macabee would not get any tickets, but this is not the core issue. The fundamental thing is that Israeli club teams and thier national team should not be in any international competitions at all. The Israeli FA have broken FIFA and EUFA rules over many years without sanction. This contrasts strongly with the sanction meted out to the Russian FA immediately after the invasion of Ukraine.
So RED CARD ISRAELI RACISM was the key slogan tonight as the Sheffield activists formed part of a 1500 strong demonstration at Villa. You can find out more on the Sheffield Red Card Israel linktree
