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How many more children need to be slaughtered until your defunct admin takes action?
At the post-Congress media conference in Paris last week Wednesday, UEFA were asked why the European body was not applying the same sanctions to Israel as it does to Russia, which has been barred from international football since the invasion of Ukraine. Although well-meaning, it was the right question put to the wrong body. Russia was suspended by FIFA, world football’s governing body. And as a Member of FIFA, the European body automatically complied. Had to.
Article 3 of the FIFA Statutes, under the heading “Human rights” states:
FIFA is committed to respecting all internationally recognised human rights and shall strive to promote the protection of these rights”
You could have fooled me.
Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Statutes, explains further, and under the heading “Non-discrimination, equality and neutrality”, it reads (my highlights):
Discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or group of people on account of race, skin colour, ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, language, religion, political opinion or any other opinion, wealth, birth or any other status, sexual orientation or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion.
Really FIFA? Where is the suspension then? You know, the one that your Statutes demand and justify?
The ruling of the International Court of Justice, a few weeks ago, spoke exactly of “acts against a group of people” that could be construed as genocidal acts. It is abundantly clear to any sane person – clearly the US/UK/EU leadership are not part of that group of sanity but their populations are – that Israel is in flagrant breach of an entire raft of FIFA Membership obligations.
So where is the quick suspension that Russia got when it invaded Ukraine?
In his response, the UEFA general secretary suggested that Israel was an entirely different case,…
Source link : https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2024/02/14/james-dostoyevsky-enough-infantino/
Author : Paul Nicholson
Publish date : 2024-02-14 09:27:57
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