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The world football governing body, FIFA, reportedly has no intention of suspending Israeli teams from its tournaments over the war in Gaza.

The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) submitted a proposal to suspend Israel in May, citing the armed conflict, raging since last October. FIFA has postponed its decision on the matter twice, most recently in late August, when the organization said its Zurich-based executive council would make an assessment in early October.

The Israeli sports website ONE claimed on Monday that no sanctions would be imposed on the Israel Football Association (IFA) or the national team. The article did not specify the source of the insider information.

The outlet said Israel was lucky that the request was handled by the 37-strong FIFA Council – and that if it were taken up by the FIFA Congress, the supreme legislative body of the association, which includes more than 200 members and gathers annually, “we would have no chance against the global majority, which is currently against Israel.”

Supporters of the Palestinian proposal have argued that the Israeli military campaign in Gaza violates FIFA’s stated goals, and warrants punishment by the organization. The death toll in the conflict, which was triggered by a deadly incursion into Israel by the militant group Hamas on October 7 last year, has surpassed 41,000 and may be significantly higher, according to aid groups and observers.

Commenting on the ONE report on Tuesday, Russian lawmaker Dmitry Svishchev said that if true, it simply highlights that international sports follow double standards, as Moscow knows from its own experience.

“Russia, it appears, has no rights. Any action by our nation is treated as forbidden, leading to disqualification of athletes. If Israel plays in FIFA international tournaments, why can’t Russians be allowed?” he said in comments to the sports channel Match TV.

FIFA suspended Russian teams from participating in its tournaments in February 2022, responding to the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict.
 
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MrJokerRager said:
FIFA suspended Russian teams from participating in its tournaments in February 2022, responding to the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict.
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Now that tells you everything about their bias. You shouldn't do for ONE that you wouldn't do for the other. I don't think this will do anything. Sports fans are just as complicit as video gamers.
 
The Last Stand said:
Now that tells you everything about their bias. You shouldn't do for ONE that you wouldn't do for the other. I don't think this will do anything. Sports fans are just as complicit as video gamers.
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Russia should have set up lobbying groups to bribe politicians to promote Russian interests then
 
The Last Stand said:
Now that tells you everything about their bias. You shouldn't do for ONE that you wouldn't do for the other. I don't think this will do anything. Sports fans are just as complicit as video gamers.
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Russia initiates an invasion and commits act of genocide against Ukranians in Ukraine, henceforth a push for a ban.

...So I guess it naturally follows FIFA should ban Palestine for the October Massacre and mass murder of Israeli and European Union citizens in Israel I take it, right?
 
Russia is the aggressor so it's banned. Israel is not the aggressor no matter how hard they retaliate so they aren't banned.

Or it's some *insert jewish sperging here*
 
Eekum Bokum said:
Russia is the aggressor so it's banned. Israel is not the aggressor no matter how hard they retaliate so they aren't banned.
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By that logic, some Jews starting some communist uprisings in Germany justified sending random ethnic Jewish tailors and shoemakers to actual death camps.

War is never so simple, but excessive violence shouldn't be rewarded, especially since Russia started off the war with a restrained humanitarian intervention to stop shelling of civilians and safeguarding water supplies to Crimea. (Granted, the Russians have got far more brutal, but even today they are far better than the Israelis)
 
SIMIΔN said:
By that logic, some Jews starting some communist uprisings in Germany justified sending random ethnic Jewish tailors and shoemakers to actual death camps.
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How does that make any sense? This is banning people based on nationality based off what their nation did, not banning ethnic groups based off what the ethnic group did

Mewtwo_Rain said:
Israel has been literally trying to force Palestinians into hostile lands (Such as Egypt) that do not want them. That is a form of ethnic cleansing.
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I want your version of Israel, that sounds based. In reality they just move the Palestinians to Rafah and then back to Gaza City
 
MrJokerRager said:
The outlet said Israel was lucky that the request was handled by the 37-strong FIFA Council – and that if it were taken up by the FIFA Congress, the supreme legislative body of the association, which includes more than 200 members and gathers annually, “we would have no chance against the global majority, which is currently against Israel.”
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They would just have ended the Session. there is no way UEFA lets some 3rd world countries ban israel
 
Catch The Rainbow said:
I want your version of Israel, that sounds based. In reality they just move the Palestinians to Rafah and then back to Gaza City
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Wish granted
It laid out a vision for mass displacement at the end of its war with Hamas: establishing tent cities in Egypt, creating a humanitarian corridor, then building cities in the northern Sinai to house the refugees for the long term, with a security zone to prevent Palestinians from returning to Gaza.
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Nevermind they did try to enforce that plan lol.
 
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Mewtwo_Rain said:
Wish granted


Edit: Just because it didn't enforce or have control of setting such action doesn't change it was literally putting this forth as a suggestion for the Israel government as a solid idea and it doesn't deny Israel's government literally considered it.
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>Draft policy paper suggesting an extreme measure out of hundreds of draft policy papers by a ministry whose entire purpose is to come up with ideas is the same thing as the Israeli government enacting it

You claimed that Israel was doing this, now you're claiming Israel was thinking about doing this because a single draft policy paper was written and rejected
 
Catch The Rainbow said:
>Draft policy paper suggesting an extreme measure out of hundreds of draft policy papers by a ministry whose entire purpose is to come up with ideas is the same thing as the Israeli government enacting it

You claimed that Israel was doing this, now you're claiming Israel was thinking about doing this because a single draft policy paper was written and rejected
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I post corrected myself again, Netanyahu tried to put pressure on Egypt directly from their own admissions to taking the Gazan "refugees." Which seems it is more than just a type up plan when Netanyahu was directly trying to enforce such an action, the difference is he didn't succeed because Egypt told him to fuck off.

Edit: I know it's technically indirectly by trying to coerce British politicians, but it's not like the British politicians spear headed that concept.
 
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but it's not like the British politicians spear headed that concept.
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The idea, which he put forward in meetings with European officials last week, was floated by countries including the Czech Republic and Austria in private discussions that led up to a summit of EU leaders on Thursday and Friday, those people told the Financial Times.
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>Czechs and austrians float the idea privately before the meeting
 
Catch The Rainbow said:

go read the actual document here, it shares nothing with bibi's suggestion other than egypt taking refugees. If netanyahu wanted to do it, he would have pressed harder on it.
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My question is and I read through some of the link, I'll finish it in a bit. Why would he openly push it and give away the optics game? All that would do is draw further backlash and confirm genocidal tendencies via ethnic cleansing which say what you want about hr violations or not, I think that's one Netanyahu wouldn't want attributed to himself or Israel as a whole. If he did I'm pretty sure all but retards within the government would turn against him.

I may not like Israel's government or Netanyahu but I don't think he's a complete tard in that regard.
 
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