Pep Guardiola has been criticised in a letter which accuses the Spaniard of making "shameful" statements regarding Gaza.
The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region has written to Manchester City's chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, alleging the Spanish manager's comments were "not only inaccurate but put the lives of British Jews in Manchester, including those who support your football club, in danger".
The Council's correspondence also criticises what it describes as a complete absence of support from the club following October's deadly terrorist attack on a synagogue in the city.
The attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in October left two people dead and three others seriously injured after assailant Jihad Al-Shamie carried out a car-ramming and stabbing assault.
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Officers from Greater Manchester Police shot the attacker dead at the scene.
In its letter, the Council states Guardiola "has not uttered a word of solidarity or support, meaning it is our strongly held belief that he simply does not care that British Jews were murdered a few miles from the Etihad Stadium".
The organisation draws an unflattering comparison with the club's local rivals.
They noted that "Manchester United Football Club pushed for a minute's silence, something your club would not have done had Brentford not already had one planned as a mark of respect for someone connected with their football club".
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been criticised in a letter which accuses the Spaniard of making 'shameful' statements
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The Council's letter takes particular issue with the remarks Guardiola made in November concerning the conflict in Gaza.
The manager said: "The world has left Palestine alone. We've done absolutely nothing.
"They're not at fault for being born there. We've all allowed them [Israel] to destroy an entire people. The damage is already done and it's irreparable.
"There, for a very long time now, we have allowed the destruction of an entire people because they say, 'don't say genocide'."
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Stunned members of the synagogue were escorted away from the scene | PAThe Spanish manager added: "I am absolutely taking the side of Palestine: the innocent people who are murdered daily, because the man drawing this up decides what he decides, because if he is not capable of solving it through a ceasefire, gesture, the symbolism you mentioned, and only through force."
The Council's letter describes Guardiola's intervention as "at best naive or at worst unforgivable".
It comes in the aftermath of a terrorist attack targeting British Jews and in light of his silence on other global issues, including the Hamas atrocities committed on October 7 2023.
The correspondence also raises the possibility that the manager may have breached the Football Association's regulations on political messaging.
The attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in October left two Jewish people dead and three others seriously injured
| PAGuardiola has previously fallen foul of such rules, receiving a £20,000 fine in 2018 for wearing a yellow ribbon pitchside in support of imprisoned Catalan politicians.
The manager is the longest-serving current Premier League manager, having joined the Sky Blues in 2016.
Manchester City is majority-owned by Sheikh Mansour, the UAE's vice-president and deputy prime minister, whose personal wealth is estimated to exceed £17billion.
GB News has approached Manchester City for a comment.
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