Anniversary of shocking anti-immigration riots comes as anti-fascists prepare to push back against far-right demonstrations
Red Card Israeli Racism have grown fed up of Fifa’s inaction when it comes to stopping Israel from escalating the harassment of Palestinian football, asking: “What has it done lately?”
The past few weeks has seen a rise in violent raids on Palestinian football premises, which has led to hundreds of prominent figures, sport students and footballers being arrested.
Palestinian football officials have been denied permission to attend AFC and ANOC events, while Indonesian and Maldivian footballers have been denied entry to Palestine to represent their national teams and the Pakistani national team has been delayed until the last minute.
