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Friday, May 29, 2015

FIFA still voted to call Israel "racist" (update)

The compromise proposal that the PA proposed to the FIFA is not as much of a victory as Israel is pretending.

90% of FIFA members voted for this:
In order to end the suffering and discrimination of our Palestinian football family at the hands of the illegal and racist occupation of our land, we have presented a proposal for a final solution. [A committee to investigate]

(1) The restrictions of Palestinian rights for the freedom of movement. (2) The continued racism and discriminatory behavior of IFA officials and clubs in direct violation of not only the principles of FIFA, (including FIFA’s no-tolerance policy against racism and discrimination) (3) the grave concern over at least five Israeli clubs located in illegal settlements in the occupied State of Palestine.
Saying that they will investigate Israel's "racism" means that they are saying Israel is a priori racist.


UPDATE: Some commenters are saying that the Haaretz report isn't accurate. I couldn't find the actual text on the FIFA site.