London Irish protest at embassies against Ireland-Israel football match

Irish people in London have gathered outside their own embassy and that of Serbia to demand that Ireland’s FA “Stop the Game!” coming up between Ireland and the Israeli occupation.

Irish team — official cowardice

Despite an Israeli smear attack on the Irish team’s manager, the Irish FA ran scared from holding the tie in Ireland but were not willing to refuse to play it at all. As a result and because of Israeli fan violence, Israel’s ‘home’ game will take place in Hungary on Sunday 27 September, with Ireland’s ‘home’ fixture a week later behind closed doors in Serbia.

Activist photographer ‘Better than Real’ was on the scene to photograph the event for the Canary:

London Irish organiser Frank Glynn explained the outrage — and said Israel will feel at home in Serbia, which has its own history of genocide:

Irish comic and anti-genocide activist Tadgh Hickey, who is playing a prominent role in the Stop the Game campaign, also published several videos demanding the cancellation of the match. In his latest, he challenges authorities in Ireland to be the first to break the collaboration of national governments with the terror state:

Featured image via the Canary

By Skwawkbox