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Is it really that bad? Football figures at odds over hate

March 12, 2015 12:08
Jonathan Metliss

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Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

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Leading Jewish figures in football are at odds over the level of antisemitism in the game.

Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out reported last week that there were more antisemitic incidents in the first half of this season than during the entire 2013/14 campaign.

Lawyer Jonathan Metliss, who was a member of Kick It Out's advisory group for more than a decade, said the figures show that racism is "alive and kicking" and "as bad as it ever was".

But Maccabi GB chief executive Martin Berliner, who is on Kick It Out's Grassroots Guidance Group, said football is heading in the right direction and that the recorded rise in incidents is due to fans reporting more.

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