Forest Green Rovers have published a club statement in support of the Palestinian people, becoming the first professional English club to take such a stance publicly. The statement frames the club’s position as a matter of human rights and international law, not politics, race or religion, drawing a clear line between criticism of the Israeli government and antisemitism. “Our support for the Palestinian people — is not and never can be anti-Jewish or anti the people of Israel,” the statement reads. “It is anti the government of Israel and its armed forces — the people directly responsible for the atrocities the world has witnessed, not just recently but going back over fifty years. “We see a great crime in progress, the abuse of an entire nation of people. We consider keeping quiet in such circumstances to be immoral. Everyone is welcome at FGR. Supporting Palestinian human rights does not contradict that principle. It is an expression of that.” This is only the FGR’s latest show of so...