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FIFA and UEFA are disregarding international law by allowing Israel to compete despite credible reports from respected international organizations describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, said Kat Vilarev, the Palestine FA’s legal adviser and a sports law academic, Anadolu reports. Speaking to Anadolu, Vilarev said that although the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and FairSquare have all issued findings against Israel, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin have chosen to ignore them. “Both football and basketball associations use occupied Palestinian land as their own to stage competitions, which means that they directly aid the occupation and illegal settlements. Given the complicity of all levels of Israeli sports, global sports bodies should enforce their own […]
