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flooow | 1 month ago

This story has been horribly misreported in the mainstream media. Suffice to say that the AI gaff was the very thinnest pretence for a politically motivated firing. The true reason being that West Midlands Police made the UK govt furious for suggesting that maybe Maccabi were violent thugs rather than persecuted victims, which goes against prevailing official narratives WRT Israel.

I have only found one news source that actual tells the story properly (warning, long read): https://whispering.media/the-maccabi-gospel/

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qweiopqweiop|1 month ago

I'll share my opposing view point. Whilst Maccabi fans may contain hooligans, that's not really surprising for football fans. Fans travelling within Europe cause trouble all the time.

What is different, is that Maccabi fans were blocked from attending by the police/council when no other sets of fans are given the same treatment. Secondly, the police were aware of plans within the Birmingham Muslim community to attack said fans. Instead of coming down on these people planning violence, they decided to avoid the situation entirely.

Furthermore, they ignored evidence from the Amsterdam authorities who haven't said the Maccabi fans were as riotous as you claim. Using AI hallucinations was just the cherry on the cake.

g8oz|1 month ago

Maccabee fans in Amsterdam - indulged in racist chants like "Death to Arabs" and "There are no more babies in Gaza" (because they're dead)

- Beat an Arab taxi driver

- Tore a Palestinian flag from a woman's balcony and attempted to break in to the apartment.

After they FAFOd and got their asses handed to them the media treated them like the second coming of Anne Frank.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2024_Amsterdam_riots.

The "media reporting" section of the article is particularly illuminating - a Zionist influence operation was in full swing afterwards to minimize the bad behavior of the Israeli fans.

Furthermore Maccabee fans have a reputation for hooliganism in Israel itself. So the West Midlands assessment was eminently reasonable.

The manufactured storm over the decision again showcases a broader pattern of insidious Zionist influence over Western institutions. The decision was lawyered to death in a manner only Israelis get the benefit of.

dundarious|1 month ago

> when no other sets of fans are given the same treatment

This treatment is often doled out to clubs' fans. Even in Tel Aviv.

Matl|1 month ago

OP is sharing facts, not 'view points'.

pydry|1 month ago

They were banned because during a match in Amsterdam they shouted racist abuse, sang racist songs, did plenty of vandalism, threw an innocent member of the public into a river and assaulted Muslim taxi drivers.

Moreover, most of them have military training which makes the racist abuse, vandalism and assault that much more terrifying.

If an antisemitic football team was half that bad they'd be hauled off to prison never mind banned from football matches.

beejiu|1 month ago

It later transpired the real reason the Police wanted to ban the group:

"West Midlands Police did have "high confidence intelligence" that members of the local community in Birmingham were planning to arm themselves to attack Maccabi supporters."

https://news.sky.com/story/ai-evidence-a-fake-match-and-misl...

physicsguy|1 month ago

And yet the SAB downgraded the risk to fans from High to Medium in their report...

gadders|1 month ago

Well, that's not accurate either.

Because the police didn't want to upset the "local community" (which is predominantly Muslim), they hunted around for reasons to ban them as that was easier than EG enforcing the law and stopping people getting attacked by mobs.

It's just more two tier policing in the UK.

YeGoblynQueenne|1 month ago

Do you mean the West Midlands is predominantly muslim?

tome|1 month ago

Maccabi Tel Aviv have been travelling to Europa League away matches every few weeks:

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/57477--m-tel-avi...

Why is it only Birmingham that saw fit to ban them?

hexbin010|1 month ago

> Why is it only Birmingham that saw fit to ban them?

It's a complete mystery...