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The FA has suspended a council member after a social media post <\/p>\n

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The Football Association (FA) has suspended a council member while investigating a social media post that said that \u201cAdolf Hitler would be proud of Benjamin Netanyahu\u201d.<\/p>\n

Wasim Haq joined the FA as a \u201cBAME Football Communities Representative\u201d in 2019.<\/p>\n

Haq apologised and denied he was antisemitic after his post on X, formerly Twitter, over the weekend referencing the prime minister of Israel amid the ongoing conflict with Hamas.<\/p>\n

He was removed from the council of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) on Monday and is also under investigation by England Golf, where he is an independent director.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investigation into Wasim Haq\u2019s conduct is underway and he has been suspended from his council duties pending the outcome of the process,\u201d the FA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Haq has since deleted his post, which said: \u201cNetanyahu has sacrificed his own people to maintain power\u2026 whilst #Palestinians are trying to maintain their sanity. Adolf Hitler would be proud of Benjamin Netanyahu.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lord Wolfson, who chairs the Football Regulatory Committee for English football\u2019s governing body, confirmed that he was pushing the organisation for a \u201cformal and urgent\u201d investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking down the tweet and apologising is the minimum,\u201d Wolfson said. \u201cThat is necessary but it plainly can\u2019t be a sufficient response. <\/p>\n

\u201cUsing the language of Nazism to attack Jews or Israel is one of the examples of antisemitism by the IHRA [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance], and the FA adopted the IHRA in January 2021. I\u2019ve asked [the FA chair] Debbie Hewitt for a formal and urgent investigation. It is something to be treated with the utmost seriousness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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