https://mailchi.mp/foa.org.uk/introducing-palestine-awareness-week-12911630?e=0885409aa9

PLEASE SIGN AND SEND THIS PETITON TO THOSE AT ASTON VILLA

Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv football team is set to come to Birmingham on November 6 to play Aston Villa.

We cannot allow Maccabi Tel Aviv to sportswash Israel’s crimes on the international stage.

Aston Villa is a club dedicated to equality, diversity and inclusion, according to their website. However, Israel and its teams do not hold the same values.

Maccabi Tel Aviv has regularly sent ‘care packages’ to Israeli soldiers. The same soldiers who’ve proudly taken part in a genocide that has killed over 66,000 Palestinians, including more than 400 footballers.

Palestinian footballers are also not granted the same freedoms as Israeli footballers, as Israel’s apartheid regime limits travel for all Palestinians.

On top of this, almost all of Gaza’s sports infrastructure has been destroyed, leaving people to play among the rubble where bodies lie.

We cannot allow Maccabi Tel Aviv to play against Aston Villa. We will not allow Israel to normalise its genocide by taking part in this international football tournament.

Send an email to Aston Villa and demand they refuse to play Maccabi Tel Aviv.