Posted on 05/12/2015 10:44:43 PM PDT by Dave346
TEL AVIV – A Palestinian previously convicted of multiple terrorism charges is the official currently leading the dialogue with a prestigious international soccer federation from which the Palestinian Authority is seeking to get Israel expelled.
If the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, suspends or boots the Jewish state, the move would have a dramatic impact on Israel’s ability to compete in international soccer competitions.
As part of a larger boycott movement against Israel, the PA’s Palestinian Soccer Association has filed a formal complaint with FIFA to have Israel’s membership suspended.
The PA’s main complaint is that Israel does not allow freedom of movement for Palestinian soccer players to travel from the West Bank to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip through Israel.
The Israeli government says it would be a security risk to allow any Palestinian soccer player to travel freely from the West Bank or Gaza within Israel, explaining terrorists could easily take advantage of any such accommodation.
The PA further wants FIFA to suspend five Israeli soccer clubs located in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which the Palestinians claim for a future state. The five clubs play in the third and fourth FIFA divisions.
The Palestinian Soccer Association wants the matter put to a vote during FIFA’s next annual congress, where three-quarters of the 209 member federations would have to vote to expel Israel. The FIFA congress meets at the end of the month.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been leading the talks on the matter with both the PA and Israel. He is reportedly due in Israel and the Palestinian territories in the coming days to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas on the issue.
Blatter has repeatedly held dialogue with the heads of the Palestinian and Israeli soccer associations.
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These “people” need to disappear under obvious circumstances.
Since there is no “Palestine”, there should be no “Palestinian” team. That’s number one.
Number two, if “freedom of movement” through a different sovereign state becomes an issue, most of the countries of the world will have to be suspended by FIFA.
Number three, soccer sucks. That’s not specific to this one controversy.
Israel already plays in UEFA (Europe), rather than AFC (Asia) like all its neighbors.
Mostly because all the arab countries would have to forfeit to them.
Wouldn’t it be funny if Israel finally loses patience with these rotten islamonazis over their soccer bs instead of all their murdering terrorism? Send them all to Hell, Israel ....ASAP!
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