A somewhat different tone to what our resident genocide-sympathiser is claiming.
Thanks for sharing.
See, I've always had huge sympathy with the cause of the Palestinian people. I think Israeli foreign policy is abhorrent and the Nethanyahu government is guilty of countless war crimes. I was even chuffed when Starmer recognised the state of Palestine. Absolutely the right thing to do and how can one claim Israel has a right to exist but Palestine does not?
However, I don't equate that to every single Israeli football fan not being allowed to step foot into my city because local members of our community can not control themselves. Would a percentage of Tel Aviv fans be knobheads, absolutely, just like the majority of European fan bases that come to VP looking for trouble. However, anyone even trying to pretend that the threat would be on the local community is utterly kidding themselves. 1000 Tel Aviv fans would be no match for the tens of thousands of young muslim lads that will gather from inner city brum and absolutely pick them off for fun. A few hundred ultras shouting shitty racist chants will not stand a chance & would be mince meat if not protected.
You saw what happens on the streets of Birmingham when groups with anti muslim sentiment threaten to turn up during last years riots, last year, you even had sky news and LBC reporters being chased down streets for having the audacity to turn up and report. I remember listening to reporters absolutely gobsmacked at what they had witnessed, which made me laugh, they have no idea what it's like to live within these parts.
As for it being nothing to do with being jewish. I dare anyone to walk around Witton, parts of Aston, Lozells, Alum Rock, Bordesley Green, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill (I could go on and on and on) with say a kippah. You wouldn't survive. And unfortunately that's what lies underneath the surface of this argument, anyone in denial doesn't live in it and doesn't experience it.
