LAST November I wrote about the attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans in Amsterdam. These were planned, co-ordinated by Muslim taxi drivers and perpetrated with the assistance of Muslim Amsterdam police officers. Now we have a Muslim scholar encouraging attacks against those same fans, this time in Birmingham. And a Muslim MP co-ordinating the effort to stop Maccabi fans attending next month’s match against Aston Villa, with social media posts, interviews and a petition. The campaign accuses the Maccabi supporters of organising the Amsterdam attacks of which they were the victims.
West Midlands police have displayed their Jelly Baby-like spinelessness by capitulating to the Islamists’ threats and pressure, and banning the Israeli club’s fans from the game.
This is not just cowardly but also stupid. The moral cowardice should of course come as no surprise. We see it with just about every police force and chief constable across the land. But it’s also stupid, for two reasons. Firstly, it means they have relinquished the opportunity for better protection of Jewish fans, by being able to keep them inside a designated protected area during the game and in safe corridors when travelling to and from the arena; Maccabi fans will likely still turn up for the game in support of their club even if they will not be allowed into the stadium; it’s their right to do so in a purportedly free country, they will have already booked and paid for their travel, and why on earth should they not stand up against blatant anti-Semitic prejudice that essentially bans Jews from the streets of Birmingham?
The ban is also stupid because it sets a precedent that says police must in future continue to give way to the demands of Muslims rather than carry out their duties without fear or favour. Any future frustrations of the Muslim activists, if the police do not comply with their demands, could, as we saw in the aftermath of the anti-Islam response to the Southport massacre of three young girls, spill over into violent anger, compounding the pressure on the police to yield to Islamist pressure. West Midlands police are inviting an Islamic veto of the decision-making process of the police force, and in effect handing over control of the streets to Muslims as a favoured and protected group.
Two-tier Keir has made some noises about this decision, but they are words without force or conviction – even less so now that it has emerged the government was briefed on the banning decision days before it was publicly announced. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx204j7x4pqt Our Home Secretary will not make any direct intervention because, by her own admission, she conforms to the ideology fuelling the opposition to the Israeli team. Because of the high-profile nature of the issue, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Lisa Nandy has been given the short straw as government scapegoat, tasked with taking the blame for whatever the final decision is; being hung out to dry for the castigation that will come from either the anti-Semites if the fans are allowed to attend, or those making a stand against anti-Semitism if the ban is upheld.
Either way, the event on Thursday November 6 is a potential tipping point. If the Islamists win a confirmation of the ban, they will be emboldened to expect their will to prevail in all issues they demand preference in across the country. It will be a sign to them that Islam is supreme and has conquered the Infidel country of Britain and asserted supremacy over the dhimmi population. If the banning order is reversed, it is a sign that they cannot have their way just because they demand it, and that the rule of British law is supreme over sharia. It will put them back in their box – for another day at least.
So, where does that leave us as a country?
A total of 1,521 anti-Semitic incidents were documented in the first half of this year, the second-highest tally for a six-month period, according to the Jewish security organisation Community Security Trust. Only one-third of British Jews believe they have a long-term future in the UK, with half considering leaving Britain due to anti-Semitism, a survey has found. The Campaign Against Antisemitism study says 58 per cent of British Jews hide their Judaism due to anti-Semitism, and fewer than half (43 per cent) feel welcome in their own country. Authorities are not doing enough to address and punish anti-Semitism, according to 84 per cent of British Jews, and 62 per cent don’t believe that police will prosecute a reported anti-Semitic crime. Three-quarters are dissatisfied with how police forces have been policing anti-Israel marches.
The banning of the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans follows the prevailing trend of police and authorities bowing to the anti-Semitic sentiments being voiced by the Left and the Islamists, from whom a large percentage of the Muslim population take their lead. It puts even more pressure on British Jews, and encourages greater numbers to join an already growing Jewish exodus from the UK. It won’t be too long before the only Jews left are those who have been appeasing the Islamic crocodile in the hope it won’t eat them.
