British soccer fans accused of making Nazi salutes at a game against Hapoel Tel Aviv were cleared. UEFA, the international body in charge of soccer, cleared fans of the Glasgow Rangers last week. The fans’ outstretched arm salutes at a game in Jaffa last month represented the Protestant-linked “Red Hand of Ulster,” it was ruled, rather than pro-Nazi sentiment.
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