Israeli soccer fans banned from center of French city over anti-Semitism fears Fans supporting Maccabi Haifa also are forbidden to wave the team’s national flag outside the Strasbourg stadium, regional authorities said.
How geopolitics keeps Israel out of World Cup contention — and why Jerusalem may not mind Since 1974, Israel has had to qualify by playing European foes instead of Asian ones — a much harder task.
Italian soccer fans taunt rivals with anti-Semitic chants about Anne Frank The Lazio team was fined several months ago after backers plastered stickers at its stadium showing Anne Frank wearing a Roma uniform.