The Daily Mail reported today:

"The Italian FA has confirmed the vicious attack on Tottenham fans in Rome was racially motivated.

Witnesses to the attack claimed there were shouts of ‘Jews’ and anti-Semitic chants when up 50 Italian hooligans descended on the Campo de Fiori square in Rome to confront their rivals."

I guess that opposition to Israeli militarism is now a mass movement.

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During the game against Tottenham, who have a large Jewish following, Lazio fans chanted 'Juden Tottenham' and unfurled a 'Free Palestine' banner

'Juden Tottenham': Football fans shouted anti-semitic chants before Tottenham fan was stabbed in Rome

By Paul Milligan

PUBLISHED: 12:53, 24 November 2012 | UPDATED: 14:22, 24 November 2012

The Italian FA has confirmed the vicious attack on Tottenham fans in Rome was racially motivated.

Witnesses to the attack claimed there were shouts of ‘Jews’ and anti-Semitic chants when up 50 Italian hooligans descended on the Campo de Fiori square in Rome to confront their rivals.

The Italian FA has confirmed the vicious attack on Tottenham fans in Rome was racially motivated.

Witnesses to the attack claimed there were shouts of ‘Jews’ and anti-Semitic chants when up 50 Italian hooligans descended on the Campo de Fiori square in Rome to confront their rivals.

Now the president of the Italian Football Association (FIGC) has sent a letter of apology to English FA chairman David Bernstein, confirming this was the case.