{"id":13176,"date":"2023-10-13T10:57:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T05:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=361977"},"modified":"2024-02-09T23:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:52:00","slug":"odi-world-cup-2023-uk-government-reprove-fa-for-not-lighting-up-wembley-arch-in-israel-colors-amid-hamas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/odi-world-cup-2023-uk-government-reprove-fa-for-not-lighting-up-wembley-arch-in-israel-colors-amid-hamas-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"UK government reprove FA for not lighting up Wembley arch in Israel colors amid Hamas attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #252525;\">Wembley is the home of England\u2019s national football team, which has always lit its iconic arch with the colors of different countries. Previously, the arch was lit with the colors of Turkey, Ukraine, and many more in solidarity. However, they will not do the same for Israel following last week\u2019s attacks by Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">The Wembley Stadium\u2019s arch was supposed to be lit in blue and white, showcasing solidarity. The UK government was upset with the decision and rebuked the Football Association for the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"color: #252525;\">\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u201cI am extremely disappointed\u2026 and have made my views clear to the FA,\u201d Britain\u2019s Secretary for Culture, Media, and Sport Lucy Frazer said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucyfrazermp\/status\/1712546279274983484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1712546279274983484%7Ctwgr%5Ee0d926304fd89fffea5da103310d9dd43fea9ed3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportstar.thehindu.com%2Ffootball%2Fuk-goverment-fa-wembley-arch-israel-colours-hamas-attack-england-australia-friendly%2Farticle67415270.ece\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-361982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-13-104648.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To show the UK\u2019s support and concern for Israel, they projected the Israeli flag onto Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s sreet residence while the parliament lit itself up with blue and white colors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wembley is the home of England\u2019s national football team, which has always lit its iconic arch with the colors of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":35378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3234,1687],"class_list":["post-13176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-england-football-association","tag-israel-v-s-hamas"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}