Amnesty Calls for Israel Football Ban Ahead of Ireland Games
Amnesty says UEFA is giving Israel an international stage despite allegations that its football association supports illegal settlements.
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The human rights organization Amnesty International called for the exclusion of the Israeli football association from the UEFA and FIFA before the opening match against Israel. Sport was "never allowed to serve as a PR stage for states that commit serious crimes", Alexander Weihrauch of Amnesty International Austria was quoted on Tuesday in a posting. Thus there is clear evidence that Israel's association supports associations from settlements i…
Amnesty condemns Israel’s Nations League participation as ‘unconscionable’
LONDON: Amnesty International on Tuesday denounced Israel’s participation in the men’s UEFA Nations League, calling it “unconscionable” and a “betrayal of Palestinians, football’s own rules and human rights.” In a statement ahead of the opening matches of the 2026-27 UEFA Nations League group stage, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s regional director for Europe, said UEFA should suspend the Israel Football Association over the participatio…
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'UEFA and FIFA should have suspended the Israel Football Association over its refusal to exclude clubs based in illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,' rights group says
Europe: Israel’s participation in the UEFA Nations League is a betrayal of Palestinians, football's own rules and human rights
Despite clear evidence that Israel’s football association continues to support illegal settlements, Israel men’s football team will participate in the UEFA Nations League this autumn.
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