UK MP Celebrates Israeli Soccer Fans Banned From Attending Match 'For Their Own Safety'
http://twitchy.com/brettt/2025/10/16/uk-jewish-soccer-fans-banned-from-game-for-their-own-safety-n2420451
This editor often jokes in his VIP posts that he's Twitchy's U.K. correspondent. Here's an appalling story that's been all over his timeline on Thursday. In short, fans of Israel's soccer team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, will be banned from attending an away game in Birmingham, England after a member of Parliament circulated a petition saying that Israelis in the stadium would cause a disruption.
Here's a quick overview from Sky News:
Sky News (@SkyNews) ~ BREAKING: Aston Villa's home Europa League match against Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv will have no away fans attending after West Midlands Police decided it would not be safe based on "current intelligence and previous incidents."
http://trib.al/kdXA2Dr ~ @RobHarris
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1978865540522181040
Benedict Spence (@BenedictSpence) ~ [i]Jewish football fans not allowed to come to the UK because locals can’t be trusted to not behave like savages.
That's a shorter way of putting it.
So, the West Midlands Police are behind this, but Member of Parliament Ayoub Khan welcomed the news and thanked everyone who signed his petition to keep Israeli fans from attending the match.
Here's the statement Khan released:
Ayoub Khan MP (@AyoubKhanMP) ~ I welcome the news that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be permitted to watch the match at Aston Villa! Well done to all those that signed our petition!
Ah, and I welcome the undeniable fact that YOU, Ayoub Khan, are openly admitting that YOU are a hate-filled, anti-Semitic, racist piece of sh!t.
And here's a video Khan made to share the "excellent news" for the people of Birmingham:
Ayoub Khan MP (@AyoubKhanMP) ~ Great News for all those that signed our petition!
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1978876040224137660
Extremely Careless (@Shanghaibeast) ~ {Replying to @AyoubKhanMP} "Great News for all those that signed our petition!"
slbsn (@slbsn) ~ {Replying to @AyoubKhanMP} Your reframing and selective memory of what happened in Amsterdam is a laughable.
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy81qvn7gjo
Robert Jenrick (@RobertJenrick) ~ Last week, I was attacked for pointing out that parts of Birmingham were a failure of integration. But now, Israeli football fans are banned from watching their team play at Villa Park as the police can’t guarantee their safety. Maybe I wasn’t wrong after all.
Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) ~ What a vomitous man.
You would think from this statement that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans posed a safety risk. But, the safety risk is that they would be attacked by racist thugs. Zero tolerance for excluding Jews by fueling hatred against them and then claiming you can’t keep them safe!
Yeah, this mooslim asswipe stirs up hatred against fans of a Jewish soccer team and then laughably says these fans shouldn't be allowed to attend because they can't be kept safe from the racist thugs that HE helped to incite. What a ridiculous douchebag.
Jack Rankin MP (@jackmrankin) ~ Ayoub thinks that Jews should be banned from football matches. He is an unintegrated, racist anti-Semite. This is an acid test for the Government. After all they’ve said these past weeks, are Jews safe and welcome in Britain?
Yeah, what do you have to say for yourself, Keir Starmer???
Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) ~ ASTON VILLA MUST CONDEMN THIS RACISM. If they don’t, the illusion that football “stands against racism” is a total lie. Football needs to kick out racists & that includes @AyoubKhanMP.
Here's a statement from Aston Villa, not condemning this racist.
Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) ~ Aston Villa can confirm the club has been informed that no away fans may attend the UEFA Europa League match with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
http://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2025/october/16/club-statement-villa-v-maccabi-tel-aviv/
Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) ~ This is a national disgrace. How have things come to this?
Starmer pledged that Jews are welcome and safe in Britain. That he stands shoulder to shoulder with the Jewish community and will use the full force of his government to prove it.
Will he back those words with action and guarantee that Jewish fans can walk into any football stadium in this country?
If not, it sends a horrendous and shameful message: there are parts of Britain where Jews simply cannot go.
(((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) ~ The Maccabi Tel Aviv ban has become the acid test for this government. Are Jews going to be properly protected on the streets of Britain. Or are they not. No more tweets. No more platitudes. It’s time for Keir Starmer and his ministers to act.
Mike Jackson (@MJtweetings) ~ Didn’t Starmer just say that he would do everything in his power to guarantee security for Jewish communities a few hours ago? He’s even announced more funding to back it up. Well, here is his moment to show that he means it. We’re all waiting.
Priti Patel MP (@pritipatel) ~ It's outrageous that in Britain, today, the safety of football fans supporting Maccabi Tel Aviv cannot be guaranteed and they've been banned from attending Villa Park. Those who have whipped up hatred and hostility have no respect for our values.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/10/16/israeli-fans-banned-from-aston-villa-match/
Sophie Corcoran (@sophielouisecc) ~ If Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are not safe at an Aston Villa match, then we ought to deport the intolerant ones who are making it unsafe, We shouldn’t have to live with them in our country.
Sophie Corcoran (@sophielouisecc) ~ We are a tolerant country. We shouldn’t be forced to live alongside the intolerant who have been imported into our country. We cannot allow these people to bring hate into this country and stay.
We're not sure if it's just Israelis banned from watching their team play or if British Jews are banned from attending too. They're going to keep Birmingham safe from anti-Semitic violence by asking that all of the Jewish fans stay indoors. Disgraceful.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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