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MP posts full British police report used to justify ban on Israeli soccer fans, links it to research by anti-Israel group

A British Member of Parliament has published the full police report that led to the ban on Israeli soccer fans attending a match in Birmingham. The report, which was used by Birmingham Council's Safety Advisory Group, has faced criticism and has been widely discredited. The MP linked the police report to research from a Belgium-based anti-Israel organization, whose chairman is a former fighter for a militant group. Some of the claims in the report, such as alleged violence by fans at a previous match in Amsterdam, were found to be false by Dutch law enforcement. Victims of the Amsterdam incident said they were targeted by local groups, not Israeli fans, and that many Israelis were injured and besieged in their hotels.

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