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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

I wouldn't read it as fear of the thugs but that it causes a volatile situation that can be avoided. If they had let the fans in and something happened then they would be blamed for ignoring intelligence that warned something could happen.

This really is rock/hard place stuff. BUT -

If the fear is that pro-Hamas groups will enact street violence because Maccabi fans are attending a footie match, then it is the pro-Hamas lot that need to be dealt with. This violent, antisemitic minority must not be able to dictate events.