Posts Tagged: Palestinian Football Association
World Soccer’s FIFA Receives Complaint Over Palestinian Terror Promotion
JNS.org - The Lawfare Project, a nonprofit legal-focused think tank, last week submitted a formal complaint to the Disciplinary Committee of international soccer’s FIFA governing body,...
Falsehoods and False Hopes
Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub told foreign reporters on Monday that he was encouraged by US President Donald Trump’s overtures to PA President Mahmoud...
Netanyahu: Suspending Israel Could Cause FIFA to Collapse
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Thursday that acceding to the Palestinian demand to suspend Israel from FIFA threatened to unravel the international soccer...
Jewish Rights Group Slams Palestinian Attempts to Suspend Israel From FIFA
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) said on Tuesday it was "appalled" by a Palestinian Football Association initiative to suspend Israel from...
Soccer and Terrorism
JNS.org - As part of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) ongoing campaign to isolate and delegitimize Israel, the Palestinian Football (Soccer) Association is trying to...
Ahead of World Cup, FIFA President Won’t Penalize Israel Over Palestinian Travel
JNS.org - Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President Sepp Blatter does not plan to take action against Israel at a June 9-10 gathering...
Palestinians Threaten to Pursue Soccer Sanctions Against Israel
JNS.org - The Palestinians are threatening to pursue sanctions against Israel at a gathering of soccer's international governing body next month, Reuters reported. Palestinian Football Association...
Israel Establishes Team to Encourage Growth of Palestinian Football
In a meeting held Sunday, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Major-General Eitan Dangot and Israel Football Association Chairman Avi Luzon, agreed upon the...
Senior PA Official: ‘All of Palestine—From the River to the Sea—is Occupied’
A senior Palestinian Authority official didn't mince words in an interview with an Arabic sports channel recently, telling his interviewer that "Palestine - from the...
