MEPs ask FIFA to act against Israeli settlement teams

‘Dozens of members of the European Parliament have called on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to take measures against soccer clubs based in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, and prevent them from taking part in official tournaments.
Sixty-six members of the 751-member parliament, in a letter addressed to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, asked the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer to adopt the action during the October 13-14 FIFA Council meetings in the Swiss city of Zurich.
“We urge you to act in accordance with FIFA statutes (and) international law… (that) FIFA should rule that settlement clubs either fully relocate within Israel… or are excluded from the Israeli Football Association,” the Friday letter read.’
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