The UK government is exploring what extra support police in Birmingham would need to allow fans from both sides into Aston Villa's match against Maccabi Tel Aviv in November.
Pressure has been mounting to overturn the ban on Maccabi supporters attending the Europa League match in Birmingham.
"No one should be stopped from watching a football game simply because of who they are," a spokesperson.
"The government is working with policing and other partners to do everything in our power to ensure this game can safely go ahead, with all fans present.
"We are exploring what additional resources and support are required so all fans can attend."
West Midlands Police are expected to set out early next week what they would need to police the game safely with both sets of fans present.
Birmingham's safety advisory group (SAG), which brings together the council and police force, is expected to raise the issue at a meeting early next week.
However, senior officers at the UK Football Policing Unit have backed the ban, saying it was "important that we respect and support the structures in place for making these decisions".
The unit added that the Home Office had been "briefed last week" about "potential issues" with visiting fans and the possibility that restrictions might be imposed. However, home secretary Shabana Mahmood was not informed of the final decision until it was made public on Thursday night.
The fixture has been classified high risk by West Midlands Police based on "current intelligence and previous incidents".
The force pointed to violent clashes and hate crime offences that occurred around the November 2024 Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Amsterdam's council voted last month to ban the Israeli club and its fans from the city.
Fans of other teams around Europe have also held demonstrations around Maccabi visits, protesting against Israel's war in Gaza, where a fragile ceasefire is now in place. Around 120 Maccabi fans attended a Europa League game in Greece against PAOK last month, under police protection.
Football Against Racism in Europe said it would be "reluctant to question" the approach of West Midlands Police, claiming that Maccabi fans have been "the biggest perpetrators of racism in Israeli football" over the past year.
Birmingham City Council said on Friday the decision to bar visiting fans would not be reviewed unless there was a change in the risk assessment provided by West Midlands Police.
Fighting in the streets of Amsterdam after Maccabi's trip to play Ajax in November 2024:
The decision by authorities in Birmingham to ban fans of the Israeli side was made public on Thursday night.
Since then, culture secretary Lisa Nandy and communities secretary Steve Reed have been speaking to those involved in the decision to try to find a way to resolve it, while the Home Office has offered support to police in Birmingham in a bid to overturn the ban.
The West Midlands' police and crime commissioner Simon Foster has called for the decision to be reviewed, while Labour mayor of the West Midlands Richard Parker suggested the Government could finance the policing costs should the ban be overturned.
There has been widespread criticism from across the political spectrum of the decision to implement the ban.
Keir Starmer was "angered" by the decision, No 10 said, adding that the Prime Minister was "entitled to speak out on fundamental principles of fairness like this".
It is understood the home office was briefed that a ban was being considered, but no decision had been taken and the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, was not informed of the final decision until it was announced last night.
Ms Mahmood posted on X: "Antisemitism is a stain on our society that shames us all. Every football fan, whoever they are, should be able to watch their team in safety. This Government is doing everything in our power to ensure all fans can safely attend the game."
"This is like putting a big sign on the outside of a stadium saying: 'No Jews allowed'"
Emily Damari, a British-Israeli who was held captive by Hamas for more than a year before being released in January, and who supports Maccabi and Tottenham, was among those who criticised the ban.
She said: "I do wonder what exactly has become of UK society. This is like putting a big sign on the outside of a stadium saying: 'No Jews allowed’.
"What has become of the UK where blatant antisemitism has become the norm? What a sad world we are living in."
Andrew Fox, honorary president of Aston Villa’s Jewish Villans supporters’ club, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the decision to ban fans of the Israeli side is "a political message rather than a safety message" and there was "no evidence of Maccabi’s fans being particularly violent".
Jack Angelides, the chief executive of Maccabi, said he did not want to take security issues lightly but told the BBC the team has travelled to places such as Turkey, where he said the sentiment is "not so kind towards Israeli teams", but the police "were out in force" and there were no incidents.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch urged the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister to "get involved" if the police did not reverse its decision to ban Maccabi supporters.
She said Starmer "needs to show he has got a backbone and isn't so weak that he will just allow Jewish people to be terrorised here".
UEFA, which runs the Europa League, urged UK authorities to make sure Maccabi fans could attend the Villa Park fixture.
However, the Fare network (Football Against Racism in Europe), which sends reports on discriminatory incidents at national team and club matches around Europe to UEFA, said it could not disagree with the SAG's assessment, saying in a statement about Maccabi fans: "In the past year they have been the biggest perpetrators of racism in Israeli football. In Europe, their away supporters bring many of the same poisonous chants and messages, which leads to them being scrutinised.
"A number of police sources and local authorities have raised concerns about their presence in cities before and after European club matches – Amsterdam have now banned them and there were some concerns raised in Malta recently, and so given the expertise of the West Midlands Police in managing football matches, the risk assessments that they are likely to have undertaken, we would be reluctant to question their approach."
It is understood Fare has made multiple referrals concerning discriminatory behaviour by Maccabi fans to UEFA over the last 10 years, while the reference in the statement to Maccabi being the "biggest perpetrators" of racism in their domestic football is understood to be based on reports in the Israeli media that 77 racist chants by Maccabi fans were recorded last season.
