The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has given Israel until this summer to dramatically improve their treatment of Palestinian football players or face a complete expulsion from the international governing body.
The official issue is a long-standing one, the Israeli military’s harsh detentions and arbitrary travel restrictions on Palestinian football players, which have often kept the Palestinian national team from competing with its full roster, or hosting games in the occupied West Bank.
The much higher profile incident which is bringing this to a head however, came earlier this month, when Israeli troops deliberately crippled a pair of Palestinian football players, 19-year-old Jawhar Nasser Jawhar and 17-year-old Adam Halabiya, shooting them both multiple times in both feet to ensure they would never play again.
The Palestinian Football Association confirmed pushing the ban after the cripplings, saying Israel had made “death, injury or imprisonment” the fate of many up-and-coming players throughout the years.
Israeli officials condemned the move, accusing FIFA of “mixing politics and sport” and insisting that their treatment of Palestinian players had actually gotten much better in recent years.
Yeah and whatever. FIFA shouldn't make threats, FIFA should put up or shut up.
Yeah and whatever. FIFA shouldn't make threats, FIFA should put up or shut up.
Patience my brother Patience the Zionist are shooting themselves in their feet.
Not before time. There is no place in sport, or any activity, in which a country inflicts such grotesque sadism upon people it opposes, and who have done nothing to merit such hatred.
"Treatment of Palestinian players had actually gotten better in recent years"
Yeah Isreal does not murder them anymore – THEY JUST SHHOT THEM IN THE FEET AND CRIPPLE THEM TO ENSURE THEY NEVER PLAY AGAIN.
And you thougt HITLER was bad!!!!!
By their actions in Europe brought Hitler to Prominence.
Now you must provide evidence for "by their actions" or else your posting is laughable balderdash. The director of the Reichsbank, which contributed mightily to Hitler's ascendancy was Hjalmar Schacht. Now prove if you can that Hjalmar was a Jew. I am waiting with baited breath. The same for Krupp and Thyssen.
Now also prove that he so-called "Novemberverbrecher" which Hitler blamed for Germany's woes were all or even overwhelmingly Jews. Good luck.
It is for all to see how low Israel has fallen and how fascist it has become.
Kick the vile. contemptible. murderous bastards out of FIFA and stop with the threats, Just do it!
The FIFA should be held accountable for allowing the abuse to continue.
Israel has no problem mixing politics and anything else, of course.
Israeli troops deliberately crippled a pair of Palestinian football players, [..], shooting them both multiple times in both feet to ensure they would never play again.
'Coincidentally', Sheldon Adelson (fortune in casinos) has managed to get Republican governors to back him in his campaign against Online Gambling. So shooting the competition in the foot might be pretty standard…
This is a new low. Even for the contemptible Israel.
Wish I could believe that. But I remember the Broken Bones Policy.