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According to reports, the UEFA Europa League, the largest football body in Europe, is moving towards a vote to suspend Israel for the war in Gaza, according to Associated Press.
The majority of the executive committee of 20 UEFA members support any vote in favor of suspending Israeli teams of the international game, according to the departure. It would prevent the Israeli national team and club teams from playing international competitions, including next year’s World Cup.
A spokesman for the Israel Football Federation (IFA) told Pak Gazette Digital that the organization has no “indication” to face the vote.
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The FIFA logo is seen in front of its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 26, 2017. (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann)
“I don’t know in which sources the story is based on the late publications. We have no indication that we face such an act. We are focusing on our international matches against Norway and Italy. That is, to tell the truth, much challenging,” said the spokesman.
A state department spokesman told the AP that he will work to stop any effort that will try to ban Israel’s team of the World Cup.
The Minister of Sports and Culture of Israel, Miki Zohar, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of the Israel Football Federation, Moshe Zuares, have been working “intensely behind the scene” to block efforts to expel UEFA Israel, the Zohar’s office said Thursday. “The right step now is to act in responsibility with professionals and not make statements, and this is how all the parties involved in the efforts are acting. We will address this later.”
Israel’s male team is ready to resume its World Cup classification campaign in two weeks with games off the home against Norway and Italy.
Last year, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) proposed a suspension for Israel for the war in Gaza. PFA’s proposal to 211 Member Federations requested “appropriate sanctions, with immediate effect, against Israeli teams,” according to FIFA documents published this year.
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The PFA proposal was enough to convince FIFA to seek an independent legal advice and hold a historical meeting of the Council to make a decision about whether Israel from International Soccer due to the conflict with Hamas. FIFA finally did not suspend Israel, but launched an independent investigation into the alleged discrimination.
Then, earlier this week, seven independent experts work with the UN Human Rights Council were urged FIFA and UEFA Suspend Israel from international competitions.
Israeli players are seen before the start of the UEFA EUEFA 2024 ISRAEL VS. Iceland at the Szusza Ferenc stadium in Budapest, Hungary, on March 21, 2024. (Attila Kisbenedek / AFP)
UEFA and its president, Aleksander Ceferin, indicated a more difficult vision of Israel last month when banners they said “stops killing the children. He stops killing civilians” were placed in the field in front of Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham’s teams before the Super Cup game in Udine, Italy.
