A Rabbi who has worked with the FA for over a decade has resigned in protest of the body's refusal to light up the Wembley Arch in the colours of the Israeli flag.

Rabbi Alex Goldberg, University of Surrey's Dean of Religious Life and Belief and Campus Rabbi sent a letter to Mark Bullingham, the CEO of the FA, expressing his disappointment.

Goldberg who has worked with the FA for over 20 years and chairs the FA's faith in football goup said that he was breaking the link between his organisation and the FA over their response to the crisis in Israel.

In his letter, Rabbi Goldberg said: "Tonight, I want to formally break the link between our advisory group and the Football Association. We shall continue to service the football family through the Premier League and Football League Clubs that we currently support at an elite level and the grassroots game as Faith in Football.

"In doing so, I feel I can better express my profound disappointment in the FA's decision not to have a specific tribute during the upcoming matches against Australia and Italy at Wembley Stadium to the victims of the worse single atrocity committed against Jewish targets since the Shoah.

"This comes especially in light of the global solidarity shown in response to the tragic murder of 1,000 civilians in Israel, encompassing all ages and walks of life including 17 British citizens that saw Downing Street, the Eiffel Tower and Empire State Building lit up in blue and white."

He added that the current FA plan for players to wear black armbands and donate to the British Red Cross was "a form of moral equivalence which is just not appropriate this week." Adding: "The decision to not light up the arch has been received badly tonight within the community where reported attacks on Jews in England have already gone up three-fold."

Goldberg also said that he received word from the FA that the body's planned Chanukah party at the stadium would need to be downsized.