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October 6 – The Palestine Football Association (PFA), which has lost pretty much every political battle with its Israeli neighbours in the football politics arena, have nevertheless ‘welcomed’ the FIFA Council’s decision to refer their case to FIFA’s Ethics bodies.
Having called for Israel’s suspension from international football at the FIFA Congress in May in Bangkok, the motion was prevented from going to a vote, instead being referred for an independent legal review.
After several delays the report was eventually presented to FIFA Council members who followed the report recommendations to now refer the case to FIFA’s disciplinary committee to investigate the alleged offence of discrimination.
At the same time the FIFA governance, audit and compliance committee “will be entrusted with the mission to investigate – and subsequently advise the FIFA Council on – the participation in Israeli competitions of Israeli football teams allegedly based in the territory of Palestine.”
“We welcome the FIFA Council’s decision to refer this case to the competent judicial bodies, viewing it as a positive step into the right direction, based on procedural and appropriate measures, towards addressing grave violations of FIFA’s statutory objectives, human rights, and the rights of its member associations,” said the Palestine FA statement.
“We are confident in the legitimacy of our demands and trust in the judicial process to deliver a just resolution within a designated time frame. Our commitment to upholding FIFA’s statutes, our obligations and the rights of all fellow member associations remains unwavering.”
With the war on Hamas in the Gaza strip unrelenting and Israel stepping up activity against Palestinians in the West Bank, the sad reality is that the military activity will only generate more stories of abuse, death and destruction. For football is will only mean more dismantling of infrastructure, loss of life and suspension of…
Source link : https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2024/10/07/palestine-fa-put-faith-fifas-ethics-bodies-achieve-just-outcome/
Author : Paul Nicholson
Publish date : 2024-10-07 06:13:53
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