Published: 8 March 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
FA chief sorry for ‘offensive’ Star of David comment (Times of Israel)
Martin Glenn listed Jewish star alongside swastika to justify charging Manchester City manager for wearing Catalonian symbol
David Bernstein: This swastika row is not a surprise - the FA is not known for its cultural sensitivity (Jewish Chronicle)
"Anyone with some awareness of 20th century history would know how shocking it would be to many people to associate the Jewish national symbol with an emblem symbolic with fascist terror and slaughter."
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Chelsea goalkeeper: Holocaust survivors’ stories must be shared with more people (Ynet)
When the English Premier League club launched a campaign to tackle anti-Semitism, Thibaut Courtois already knew a lot about the Holocaust from history lessons in Belgium, yet nothing prepared him for the players’ meeting with an avid fan who survived the Nazis
Photo: Martin Glenn, chief executive of the English Football Association, seen at Wembley Stadium in London, December 1, 2016. (AP/Frank Augstein)
