Police commissioner calls for review of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans’ ban from UK match after PM’s criticism – politics live

The Labour West Midlands police and crime commissioner said review should determine if ban is ‘appropriate, necessary, justified, reasonable’Zarah Sultana, the former Labour MP who is now a member of the Independent Alliance in parliament, alongside Ayoub Khan and four others, has also defended the Maccabi ban on the grounds that Israeli teams should not be competing in international sport. She says:Next UEFA must ban all Israeli teams.We cannot have normalisation with genocide and apartheid.Apartheid South Africa was banned from the Olympics for 32 years.The same people who called Nelson Mandela a “terrorist” now say we can’t boycott apartheid Israel.There are two distinct issues. One is the safety aspect … If the police in West Midlands find it challenging because they simply do not have the resources to ensure safety, then that’s one aspect.The second aspect is a moral argument that Maccabi Tel Aviv should not even be playing in this international competition. Continue reading...