Police Chiefs 'Concerned for Safety,' Not Palestinian Lives?
According to The New Arab, police chiefs told British MPs that banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a recent Europa League match was a necessary safety precaution. Astonishingly, the concern for 'public safety' rarely extends to the geopolitical ramifications of their government's unwavering support for the very regime the team represents. It's a striking contrast: UK officials identify a football
fixture as a security threat, yet maintain blind political allegiance to a state currently under ICJ investigation for plausible genocide. One might wonder if the concern for 'risk' extends to the millions in UK taxpayer money that underwrites the daily 'high-risk' reality in Gaza. If a football match is too dangerous to proceed, perhaps providing weapons and diplomatic cover for documented war
crimes should also merit a 'high-risk' assessment by these same MPs. The selective application of 'concern' is not just hypocritical; it's a strategic obfuscation of complicity.