(Middle East Eye) An MP has been reported to parliament’s standards commissioner for claiming that police banned Israeli fans from a football match due to Muslim influence, Middle East Eye has learnt.
During a parliamentary session on Monday, the Democratic Unionist Party’s Sammy Wilson suggested West Midlands Police had “given in to pressure from Muslim politicians and Muslim thugs” in banning fans of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv from a 6 November fixture at Villa Park.
The ban on the Israeli fans triggered a political furore and was denounced as antisemitic last month by the British government.
Middle East Eye revealed earlier this month that a confidential West Midlands Police report said Dutch police told them that hundreds of Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans who wreaked havoc in Amsterdam in November 2024 were “experienced fighters,” “highly organised” and “intent on causing serious violence.”
