A pennant with the logo of the Maccabi Movement stands on a table in the German Football Museum. Jewish sports organization Maccabi Germany has called on ruling soccer body FIFA to reject a Palestinian Association (PFA) motion calling for sanctions against Israel in parliament later this week. Fabian Strauch/DPA
Jewish sports organization Maccabi Germany has called on ruling soccer body FIFA to reject a Palestinian Association (PFA) motion calling for sanctions against Israel in parliament later this week.
“The current motion by the PFA is part of a globally observed attempt to isolate Israel and, in our view, should be firmly rejected,” Maccabi Chairman Aron Meyer said. told DPA.
“We hope that the FIFA Congress will once again send a clear signal against such attempts.”
The PFA is calling for “appropriate sanctions against the Israeli team with immediate effect” at a meeting in Bangkok on Friday in connection with the Gaza conflict.
The paper cited “Israel’s unprecedented violation of international human rights and humanitarian law” and said the Israeli Football Federation was “complicit in the Israeli government’s violations of Palestinian football.”
DPA understands that FIFA is considering whether the matter can be referred to the Executive Board of FIFA’s 211 member federations rather than being debated in parliament.
Israel has launched a military operation to eliminate the Palestinian militant group Hamas following an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7th. Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and according to the latest Israeli media reports, around 250 people were taken hostage in Gaza. strip.
According to health authorities in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, about 35,000 Palestinians have died in the war so far. Israel has come under increasing international criticism due to the high number of civilian casualties and the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
