Supporters of an Israeli football team have been pictured waving a banner reading ‘Refugees Not Welcome’ at a match.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans waved the banner at the beginning of a game against Kiryat Shmona, the Times of Israel reports.
The flag plays off the ‘Refugees Welcome’ sign which has been displayed at numerous football matches in Germany in the past few months.
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) "Refugees not welcome" pic.twitter.com/uPItb04QNO
— It's an ultra life (@itsultralife01) September 12, 2015
At another match, fans at a Hapoel Tel Aviv game held up a banner asking 'Who isn’t a migrant here?!' in Hebrew, expressing solidarity with refugees fleeing war-torn countries in search of a better life.
The banner refers to Israel’s history of absorbing Jewish refugees from across the world.
אוהדי הפועל ת"א מראים אנושיות במשחק מול מכבי נתניה pic.twitter.com/romSZb8lNu
— Yoav Cohen (@ycohen84) September 12, 2015
Last week, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for Israel to take in more refugees and has instead pledged to build an 18-mile border fence along the border with Jordan.
However, opposition leader Isaac Herzog said Israel was duty-bound to absorb refugees from the civil war.
In England, Arsenal became the first Premier League club to pledge to give £1 from every ticket sold to charities helping refugees.
