The chairman of the Israeli Professional Football Leagues has said he is “shocked, amazed and disappointed beyond words” at the Premier League’s reluctance to issue an unequivocal condemnation of the Hamas attacks on Israel.
The intervention follows British politicians and Jewish groups in the UK reacting angrily to the Football Association resisting calls to light the Wembley arch in the colours of the Israeli flag or the Jewish prayer shawl. Erez Halfon, who chairs the IPFL, wrote to Richard Masters, the Premier League’s chief executive, to say English football’s response to the attacks has been too ambiguous and has not shown enough solidarity with Israeli citizens who lost their lives.
