FIFA has postponed a decision on banning Israel, shielding them from accountability for war crimes and violations of regulations, writes @richimedhurst

Israel's team lineup is full of soldiers. FIFA's failure to ban it makes them complicit in genocide [_link]

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One Israeli football player, Shon Weissman asked: "Why haven't 200 tonnes of bombs already been dropped on Gaza?". He's in the Israeli air force.

His teammate Tomer Yosefi said on Instagram: "We'll erase Gaza permanently".

Even the Israeli women's team put together a montage where they switch back and forth between their Israeli army uniforms and football jerseys. The message is clear: we are not just football players, but soldiers, and proud of it.

FIFA claims that football should be impartial and apolitical. Yet many Israeli football clubs host receptions for Israeli soldiers, fundraise for them, promote recruitment, and post pro-war propaganda online and obituaries for dead Israelis.

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