Israeli footballPolice arrest 17 suspects linked to Israeli football club in match-fixing probeThose detained include current players and a group of senior team officialsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Football‘My country is my pride’: Israeli footballer Tai Abed ‘turns down millions’ to play for UAE national sideAbed, 21, is one of Israeli football’s biggest rising starsBy Ben Conway1 min read
Maccabi Tel AvivMinutes of West Midlands Police meeting contain no suggestion Jewish community backed Maccabi fan banRepresentatives of the force even noted that Jewish groups ‘expressed concern that banning away fans could be perceived as antisemitic’, according to official records disclosed under a Freedom of Information requestBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Maccabi Tel AvivWest Midlands Police apologise for saying Jews wanted Maccabi fan ban – but still claim some back it ‘privately’Chief Constable Craig Guildford admitted the force had ‘no documented feedback’ from the community when the claim was made, but insisted there was ‘never any intention to mislead’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
FootballUefa held meetings with pro-Palestine campaigners ahead of vote on Israel ban despite Gaza ceasefireExecutives reportedly discussed with activists how to enforce a boycott against the Jewish stateBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Noa KirelIsrael’s ‘Posh and Becks’ Noa Kirel and Daniel Peretz tie the knot in lavish ceremonyTheir wedding was presided over by Israel’s former chief rabbi, David LauBy Siam Goorwich1 min read
Israeli footballIrish FA backs motion to ban Israel from European footballIf approved by Uefa, Israel teams will be banned from both club and international competition on the continentBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Truth about the toxic, fake-news driven campaign to ban Israeli fans from BirminghamOne preacher said ‘we will show them no mercy’By Jane Prinsley4 min read||October 22, 2025 09:14
Maccabi Tel Aviv rejects tickets for Aston Villa game even if fan ban overturnedThe club blamed ‘hate-filled falsehoods’ spread by ‘divisive figures’, which it said had created a ‘toxic atmosphere’ that was unsafe for its fans.By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||October 21, 2025 11:12
Tel Aviv football derby called off after ‘violent riots’ among fansAuthorities said smoked grenades were thrown by supporters as fighting broke out, though Hapoel Tel Aviv accused police of ‘brutal’ treatmentBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 20, 2025 14:02
Reebok backs down on Israeli football kit ‘boycott’ after lawsuit threatThe decision comes after Uefa also reportedly delayed a vote on excluding Israel from the World CupBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 1, 2025 10:07
World Cup 2026: UEFA poised to vote to suspend Israeli football teamIsrael has been a member of UEFA since 1994By Siam Goorwich2 min read||September 26, 2025 09:22
Meet Daniel Peretz, the Bayern Munich goalkeeper and half of Israel’s ‘Posh and Becks’ super coupleDaniel Peretz is engaged to Israeli pop star Noa Kirel and tells the JC about life as a football star in GermanyBy Ahron Asher Moss4 min read||July 28, 2025 11:21
Israeli winger Liel Abada left Celtic FC over ‘disgusting’ treatment by pro-Palestine fans, claims former managerAbada has moved to Charlotte FC in the US over reported hostility from Glasgow fansBy Eliana Jordan1 min read||March 8, 2024 16:35
Iranian FA asks FIFA to ban Israel from world footballThe request also demands FIFA take “immediate and serious measures” to prevent Israeli ‘crimes’By JC Reporter1 min read||February 11, 2024 10:24
