THE Football Association has refused to illuminate the Wembley arch in Israel’s colours at tonight’s friendly at Wembley between England and Australia.
And in a further shock, the FA has banned Israeli flags.
It is believed Jewish senior executives within football urged the FA on Wednesday to commemorate the Hamas atrocities, while the government wrote to the FA encouraging it to “appropriately” mark the attacks.
But it took until Thursday for the FA to issue a statement — which made no mention of Hamas.
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