The Jewish Sport Report: Why FIFA might ban Israel from international soccer
FIFA is set to rule on a request to temporarily bar the Israel Football Association from international competition
FIFA is set to rule on a request to temporarily bar the Israel Football Association from international competition
The governing body of international football is weighing a call issued by the Palestinian Football Association in March
Much like cicadas tentatively emerging from the ground after years of hibernation, the American public is gearing up once again to care about soccer. That’s right, it’s time for the World Cup, the international showcase of the globe’s greatest passion: bribery football. As more and more Americans familiarize themselves with the beautiful game (average attendance…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — A boycott campaign is threatening the friendly soccer match between the national teams of Israel and Argentina. The boycott campaign sponsored by BDS Argentina is using the motto “Argentina don’t go” to Israel, or #ArgentinaNoVayas. BDS stands for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. Argentina’s national soccer team,…
The worlds of politics and football (soccer) clashed again. This time, the location was the Bahraini capital, Manama. The two sides of the conflict were the Palestinian Football Federation and the Israeli Football Federation. At stake in the conflict was a resolution submitted by the Palestinian federation demanding that six Israeli clubs based in exclusive…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The FIFA Congress voted to accept the proposal of the governing body of international soccer’s council and not hold a vote on a Palestinian proposal questioning the status of Israeli teams in the West Bank. The vote passed Thursday with the approval of 73 percent of the member FIFA nations. It comes…
(JTA) — The governing body of international soccer said it was “premature” to make a decision on the status of Israeli teams that play in the West Bank. FIFA removed from its annual congress agenda a resolution that would require the teams to stop playing or be sanctioned, and which calls for Israel’s removal from…
The head of the Palestine Football Association came under fire for withdrawing a request to suspend Israel from FIFA, the international soccer body. Jibril Rajoub said prior to Friday’s proposed vote that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany convinced him to withdraw the request. In place of the vote, the FIFA Congress called for the formation…
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