FIFA Rejects Palestinian Bid to Ban Israeli Football Association
UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) welcomes FIFA’s latest decision rejecting the Palestinian demand to suspend the Israel Football Association (IFA) on the ground that it has member clubs in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria). In doing so, FIFA appears to have accepted arguments put forward by UKLFI showing that
Moroccan team breaks FIFA rules by waving Palestinian flags at World Cup
UKLFI requests urgent action by FIFA to prevent further violations at the semi-final and finals The Moroccan team, its members and officials have been accused of flagrant violations of the FIFA rules at the World Cup in Doha, by waving and holding large Palestinian flags to transmit a political message
Israelis can purchase Hospitality package for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
FIFA has confirmed that Israelis may purchase hospitality packages for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 directly from its central hospitality website even though there is not currently an agent that deals with Israel. UK Lawyers for Israel had accused FIFA of discriminating against Israelis and breaking its own codes
FIFA breaks its own discrimination rules as Israelis unable to book World Cup Hospitality Packages
Israelis are not able to book hospitality packages for the FIFA World cup, to be held in Qatar in November and December 2022, in breach of FIFA’s own anti-discriminatory rules. On the FIFA website prospective purchasers of hospitality packages are invited to find appointed sales agents in their region. In
Football players’ anti-Israel discrimination breached FIFA Regulations
UKLFI has written to the Secretary General of FIFA highlighting how football players and officials breached multiple FIFA regulations during and following a FIFA Legends match in Doha and calling for the rules to be enforced. UKLFI pointed out to Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, Secretary General of FIFA, five