On 2024-04-15 06:52, Mark wrote:
What's going on in Palestine is worse than what's going on in Ukraine
as far as I can tell. They're even attacking people trying desperately
to get food from the aid trucks and worse!
Russia were suspended by UEFA and FIFA because of their invasion of
Ukraine. I think this sets a precedent and they should probably suspend Israel too myself.
What do yous think?
A very thorny issue about which I hesitate to express an opinion.
Initially, the argument would have been that Israel were attacked first
in a particularly brutal fashion (not true of Russia), but now that
there is a widespread opinion in some circles that what is going on in
Gaza is genocide, and the UN security council has passed a resolution
demanding a ceasefire, I don't know what to think.
Has FIFA ever suspended a country for political reasons unless the
regional body did so first (eg. UEFA, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL)? I vaguely
recall that FIFA sanctions have been about interference of governments
into sports issues.
The US and the UK and others were not suspended over the invasion of
Iraq. Argentina was not suspended (certainly not that I remember) over
the Falklands invasion. So I really don't know what the standards are.
This article gives some background. I am not qualified to comment on similarities and differences between the situation of Yugoslavia in 1992
and 1994, and the current situation with Israel.
https://time.com/6234776/countries-banned-world-cup-russia/
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