October 3 – The FIFA of the World Board has again kicked the Palestinian issue in the long grass after the President Gianni Infantino of the organization called football “A Vehicle for Peace” at the latest FIFA Council.
On Thursday, the FIFA Council, the most important decision-making body of the organization, which held its penultimate meeting of the year, did not tackle Israel in 2013 from the international competition or the issue of settlement clubs on the Western Jordaanoever, raised for the first time by the Palestinian FA (pfa).
Instead, Infantino and his council offered a peace bleed. Infantino said: “At FIFA we are dedicated to use the power of football to bring people together in a divided world. Our thoughts are with those who suffer in the many conflicts that nowadays exist all over the world, and the most important message that football can now convey is one of peace and unity.”
“FIFA cannot solve geopolitical problems, but it can and must promote football all over the world by making use of its uninhibited, educational, cultural and humanitarian values.”
After the meeting, Infantino posed for a photo with PFA President Jibbril Rajoub (left depicted on the left). He reduced the opportunity for another photo, wrote on Instagram: “I recommend President Rajoub and the PFA for their resilience and I repeated him FIFAs dedication to use the power of football to bring people together in a divided world.”
It is understanding that the PFA was relieved about how they put offside in Zurich on Thursday. They fight on two fronts: pressing FIFA to act against Israeli settlement clubs on the West Bank and looking for that UEFA is suspended of the international game.
British media previously reported that UEFA would call an emergency meeting to vote on suspending Israel, but that vote was never confirmed. “Uefa said they are going to pause (s) waiting for the peace plan,” said Victor Montagliani, a FIFA -Vice President and Concacaf President, with leaders in London.
“But in the first place (the Israel FA) is a member of UEFA and, no different than if I have to deal with a member in my region for whatever reason, it is a decision of UEFA (Israel) is their member, they have to deal with it and I not only respect their process, but whatever decisions they take.”
The PFA has repeatedly tried to suspend Israel, also at last year’s FIFA congress in Bangkok, Thailand. FIFA president Gianni Infantino ordered an “independent legal analysis” of Palestine’s complaint, which was passed on to the disciplinary and management committees last October.
The European administrative body UEFA has confronted with the mounting of public pressure to move against Israel. Earlier this month, a report from the United Nations accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, accusations that Israel denies.
For more than ten years, the PFA has demanded that FIFA trade against Israeli settlement clubs on the West Bank. Article 64.2 of the FIFA statutes states that “members ‘associations and their clubs may not play on the territory of another members’ association without the approval of the latter.” During the last FIFA congress, in Luque, Paraguay, FIFA argued that it needed more legal advice about settlement clubs on the West Bank.
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