PA MediaBlocking Maccabi Tel Aviv followers from attending an Aston Villa match is the “incorrect resolution”, the prime minister has mentioned.
Followers of the Israeli crew won’t be allowed to attend the Europa League match on 6 November due to security considerations, the physique chargeable for issuing security certificates for matches said on Thursday.
Sir Keir Starmer criticised the transfer, saying “we won’t tolerate antisemitism on our streets” and that the position of police was “to make sure all soccer followers can benefit from the recreation, with out concern of violence or intimidation”.
Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch branded the choice a “nationwide shame” and instructed Sie Keir ought to act to reverse it.
She wrote on X that Starmer ought to “assure that Jewish followers can stroll into any soccer stadium on this nation”.
“If not, it sends a horrendous and shameful message: there are components of Britain the place Jews merely can’t go.”
West Midlands Police mentioned the sport had been categorized as excessive danger based mostly on present intelligence and former incidents, together with “violent clashes and hate crime offences” between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv followers earlier than a match in Amsterdam in November 2024.
The power mentioned it had considerations about its capability to take care of potential protests on the match at Villa Park.
