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The 74th annual FIFA Congress will be held in May in Bangkok, Thailand, with one of the issues that will be discussed is a ban on Israel participating in international soccer competitions against the backdrop of the war in Gaza. made this proposal to FIFA ahead of the Congress, claiming to "address unprecedented and substantial violations by Israel of human rights and humanitarian law in the occupied territories."
Following the proposal made by a number of Arab countries in February, including Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Yemen and Iraq, the Palestinian Association also joined the campaign and submitted the proposal with a very strong tone against the Israel Football Association.
"We call for appropriate and immediate sanctions against Israeli teams, including representative teams at the national level and club teams, due to the violation of international law carried out by the Israeli occupation in Palestine and especially in Gaza," read the Palestinian association in a proposal to FIFA.
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They also added that there are 5 clubs in the Israeli league that were established on "occupied Palestinian land" and explained how pitches in Gaza were destroyed by the "Israeli occupation army": "All football infrastructure in Gaza was destroyed or severely damaged, including the historic 'Al-Yarmouk' stadium which became by the Israeli occupation into a concentration camp. Israeli bulldozers dug up the lot only to destroy it. Other facilities became makeshift refugee camps, field hospitals and mass graves."
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The Palestinian Association personally attacked the conduct of the Israeli Association on the grounds that it does not "take decisive steps against discrimination and racism" and added that the first step is suspension and then they expect the association and all Israeli soccer teams to be removed from the world.
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