rabbi alex goldberg has resigned.— goldberg has resigned.esigned. he had a number of complaints that i goldberg has resigned. he had a number of complaints that he i goldberg has resigned. he had a. number of complaints that he laid out in his resignation letter that he sent to the fa chief executive earlier. principally, he said that he was unhappy that there hadn't been as specific tribute to the victims of the hamas attacks on israel this week. he said the decision by the fa is not to like the wembley arch up in the colours of the israeli flag will have caused upset among members of the jewish upset among members of thejewish community. he also criticised upset among members of the jewish community. he also criticised the decision to ban israeli and palestinian flags from being brought inside wembley stadium for that friendly against australia, and their qualifier against italy on tuesday. he said he hadn't been consulted over these decisions. there has been criticism building this week in some quarters over the fa's first you had david b

the chair of the english football association's faith in football group, rabbi alex goldberg, has resigned victims of the israel—gaza conflict. rabbi goldberg has been involved with football's governing body for 16 years. i need to correct you, my resignation was about all victims. about arab muslim children, jewish children, civilians. as well as 17 british servants children, civilians. as well as 17 british servant- children, civilians. as well as 17 british servants- sorryl children, civilians. as well as 17 i british servants- sorry to british servants citizens. sorry to 'ust 'um british servants citizens. sorry to justjump in- _ british servants citizens. sorry to justjump in- i— british servants citizens. sorry to justjump in. i want— british servants citizens. sorry to justjump in. i want to _ british servants citizens. sorry to justjump in. i want to be i justjump in. i want to be absolutely clear. tell us in your own words exactly why you have resigned. i own words exactly why you have resi . ned. ~ ., own words exactly why you have resiuned. ~' ., ., ,, resigned. i think we need

alex goldberg told the fa that he was profoundly disappointed that there were no plans for a specificbody's refusal to light up the wembley arch in the israeli flag colours ahead of the friendly between england and australia tonight was criticised by the was also criticised by the government's independent adviser on anti semitism . i'm joined now on anti semitism. i'm joined now by a friend of rabbi alex goldberg who did resign, of course from the fa faith group. richard ferrier, who is the editor of the jewish news. richard, thank you very, very much. and so do you think it is a disgrace that the wembley arch will not be lit up in the israeli colours ? israeli colours? >> look , i'll come to the fa >> look, i'll come to the fa decision in a second, but may i just begin by saying that what is happening in israel and in gazais is happening in israel and in gaza is horrific on a scale that none of us thankfully can imagine. there are victims on both sides living through hell . both sides living through hell. i know as a member of the jewish community that my community, my family and my

rabbi alex goldberg, the university of surrey's dean of religious life and belief and campus.ingham , the ceo of the fa , expressing , the ceo of the fa, expressing his disappointment in the letter, rabbi goldberg said tonight i want to formally break the link between our advisory group and the football association. in doing so, i feel i can better express my profound disappointment in the fa's decision not to have a specific tribute during the upcoming matches against australia and italy at wembley stadium to the victims of the worst single atrocity committed against jewish targets since the shoah . jewish targets since the shoah. this comes especially in the light of the global soledar charity shown in response to the tragic murder of a thousand civilians in israel , civilians in israel, encompassing all ages and walks of life, including 17 british citizens that saw downing street, the eiffel tower , and street, the eiffel tower, and the empire state building lit up in white and blue. well, i'm privileged to say that rabbi goldberg joins us now. and rabbi , welcome to mark d

alex thank you. we spenl time in jerusalem with the family of 23-year-old hirsch goldberg poland.had was hit by a grenade. his friend was killed. he had was able to put a tourniquet on his arm. video shows him being put into a hamas truck and driven to gaza. that was2 days ago. his parents have heard not a word since. >> since 9 a.m. on saturday morning october 7th when we know our son was taken and wounded and we have seen a video of it we know nothing. >> that's got to be the hardest part. >> the hardest part is knowing that our son experienced a really awful traumatic experience, so lots of people killed including his close friend. and now he's critically wounded somewhere but certainly the lack of information is painful. >> what is your thought on your son and him being in this position. >> look. i say throughout the day, if he got the treatment he needed, i think he can be strong and he can survive and throughout the day, my mantra is we love you be strong, survive and the other night we were in new york, we couldn't sleep, it was the middle of the night. i was trying so hard

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