{"id":1555,"date":"2025-11-08T17:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:51:47","slug":"irish-football-body-overwhelmingly-backs-call-for-israels-ban-from-uefa-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1555","title":{"rendered":"Irish football body overwhelmingly backs call for Israel\u2019s ban from UEFA | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The Football Association of Ireland has called for Israel\u2019s immediate suspension over the Israeli FA\u2019s violation of UEFA\u2019s statutes in occupied Palestinian territory.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 8 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">8 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Members of Irish football\u2019s governing body have approved a resolution instructing its board to submit a formal motion to UEFA requesting the immediate suspension of Israel from European competitions, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) said.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution passed by the FAI members on Saturday cites violations by Israel\u2019s Football Association of two provisions of UEFA statutes: its failure to implement and enforce an effective antiracism policy and the playing by Israeli clubs in occupied Palestinian territory without the consent of the Palestinian Football Association.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution was backed by 74 votes, with seven opposed and two abstentions, the FAI said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA considered holding a vote early last month on whether to suspend Israel from European competitions over its genocide in Gaza, but the voting did not take place after a US-brokered ceasefire took effect on October 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish resolution follows calls in September from the heads of the Turkish and Norwegian football governing bodies for Israel to be suspended from international competition.<\/p>\n<p>Those requests came after United Nations experts appealed to FIFA and UEFA to suspend Israel from international football, citing a UN Commission of Inquiry report that said Israel had committed genocide during the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"israel-is-allowed-to-operate-with-total-impunity\">\u2018Israel is allowed to operate with total impunity\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In October, more than 30 legal experts called on UEFA to bar Israel and its clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The letter highlighted the damage that Israel is inflicting on the sport in Gaza. At least\u00a0421 Palestinian footballers\u00a0have been killed since Israel began its military offensive in October 2023, and the letter explained that Israel\u2019s bombing campaign is \u201csystematically destroying Gaza\u2019s football infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA President Gianni Infantino brushed aside the calls by indirectly addressing it as a \u201cgeopolitical issue\u201d at the FIFA Council on October 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to using the power of football to bring people together in a divided world,\u201d Infantino said.<\/p>\n<p>The apparently preferential treatment given to Israel\u2019s football team was an extension of the \u201ctotal impunity\u201d the country has enjoyed amid the two-year war, according to Abdullah Al-Arian, associate professor of history at Georgetown University in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSporting bodies often mirror the broader power politics that are at play [in the world] and so they\u2019re only doing what we\u2019ve seen happen across all walks of political life, in which Israel has not been held to account,\u201d Al-Arian told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt [Israel] has been allowed to operate with total impunity throughout this genocide and has enjoyed this impunity for many decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) presented arguments accusing the Israel Football Association (IFA) of violating FIFA statutes with its war on Gaza and the inclusion of clubs located in illegal settlements on Palestinian territory in its domestic football league.<\/p>\n<p>The PFA wanted FIFA to adopt \u201cappropriate sanctions\u201d against Israel\u2019s national side and club teams, including an international ban.<\/p>\n<p>It called on FIFA to ban Israel, but the world body postponed its decision by delegating the matter to its disciplinary committee for review. Al-Arian termed that \u201ca move to keep the bureaucratic machinery moving without making any real progress\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, it\u2019s a political decision being made at the highest levels of the organisation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Football Association of Ireland has called for Israel\u2019s immediate suspension over the Israeli FA\u2019s violation of UEFA\u2019s statutes in occupied Palestinian territory. 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