Pressure is growing on FIFA and UEFA to suspend the Israeli FA
Date: 25th September 2025
Pressure is growing on FIFA and UEFA to suspend the Israeli FA (IFA) from international football, including the ongoing 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Pro-Palestinian communities on X have increased their lobbying while a group of UN experts said a ban was “a necessary response to address the ongoing genocide in the occupied Palestinian territory.”
The recent death of the 41-year-old Palestinian international Suleiman Al-Obeid who was shot dead in Gaza at the hands of Israeli military forces, has triggered renewed calls for Israel’s suspension from international football.
Multi-national activists on X including FLCapatalist from the US, Liberatus of Bosnia, Arya Warrior, originally from Pakistan, and the Palestinian thought leader Ziad Abu Ziad, along with dozens of pro-Palestine communities, have contacted
insideworldfootball.com saying that more pressure needs to be brought on FIFA and UEFA to sanction the IFA.
from Inside World Football
Pro-Palestinian groups and UN experts say Israel must be suspended from all international football – Inside World Football
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