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The Home Office was told last week that supporters of Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv could be barred from a Europa League match at Aston Villa, police have revealed, as a major row over the ban escalated.
Sir Keir Starmer will do “everything in his power” to overturn the ban, according his spokesperson, after he condemned the move as the “wrong decision” in a major government intervention.
News that Israeli fans would not be able to attend the club’s fixture in Birmingham on 6 November due to fears of violence has been met with outrage from Jewish communities.
The move by council leaders in Birmingham was branded a “national disgrace” by To
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