FIFA

Haneyya condemns FIFA for stripping Indonesia of U-20 World Cup

Thursday-30-March-2023

Abdul Salam Haneyya Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports has condemned FIFA for removing Indonesia as the host of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2023.

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 to be shown in Gaza West Bank halls

Saturday-19-November-2022

Qatar Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza has announced that the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 matches will be displayed in sports halls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Hamas slams FIFA President’s visit to Israeli museum in O. Jerusalem

Friday-15-October-2021

Hamas Movement has denounced on Friday President of the International Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino’s participation in the opening of Israel’s so-called “Museum of Tolerance.”

FIFA refuses to act against Israeli settlement clubs

Saturday-28-October-2017

International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) on Friday announced that it will not take any action against the Israeli football clubs based in illegal settlements and that it will remain "neutral" on political issues.

Pro-Palestine “Celtic” fans win FIFA best award

Tuesday-24-October-2017

Celtic a Scottish football club known for receiving multiple fines over its fans carrying Palestinian flags during matches has won the 2017 FIFA award for best fans in London.

FIFA refrains from discussing Israeli clubs’ issue

Wednesday-10-May-2017

The council of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) held a session in Manama Bahrain and decided not to discuss the issue of the Israeli clubs playing in the settlements built in the occupied West Bank and to exclude it from the agenda of the conference.

FIFA gives Israel six-month window to end settlement soccer matches

Sunday-23-April-2017

The FIFA committee charged with examining the Israeli-Palestinian issue has recommended that the international body give Israel a period of six months to discontinue matches in illegal West Bank settlements before making a decision about a possible Israeli suspension from the soccer organization Haaretz reported on Sunday.

Organizations ask FIFA to ban matches in Israeli settlements

Wednesday-22-March-2017

The Human Rights Watch Avaaz and European Middle East Project organizations called on Wednesday on the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) to ban matches in the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Sexwale to submit final report on Palestinian football problems

Wednesday-11-January-2017

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) gave Tokyo Sexwale chairman of the FIFA Monitoring Committee in Palestine a 30-day time limit to submit his final report about the Palestinian football to the FIFA to make a final decision regarding the Israeli violations.

French protesters call for expelling Israel from FIFA

Wednesday-12-October-2016

Hundreds of French peace activists and Arab community community members in France organized a sit-in outside the French Football Federation headquarters in Paris in a protest ahead of a key FIFA meeting to discuss teams from Israeli settlements.