{"id":114241,"date":"2024-07-18T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=114241"},"modified":"2024-07-17T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:04:59","slug":"18-00-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=114241","title":{"rendered":"Jordanian Prince Reiterates Call to Ban Israel From FIFA Tournaments Worldwide Due to Hamas War"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Jordanian Prince Reiterates Call to Ban Israel From FIFA Tournaments Worldwide Due to Hamas War<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Prince Ali bin Al Hussein (center) is pictured in the stands before a match at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, on February 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS\/Thaier Al-Sudani<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, president of the Jordanian Football Association and half-brother of Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah II, reaffirms his stance on Sunday that the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) should ban Israel from all international matches due to its military actions during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe continuation of the status quo without taking decisive steps reinforces double standards and reflects an unfair image of the sports world,\u201d he said on Sunday, according to the Middle East Monitor. He also called on all soccer fans around the world to stand united and pressure FIFA to expel Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Al-Hussein made the statements before FIFA\u2019s board of directors meet later this month to review a legal assessment regarding Israel\u2019s participation in FIFA tournaments. Al-Hussein further expressed support to the Palestinian people amid the Israel-Hamas war, and said he hopes FIFA will prove its commitment to justice and equality by banned Israel for international soccer games.<\/span><\/p>\n

In February, the Jordanian prince spearheaded a letter by the 12-member West Asian Football Federations\u00a0that also called on FIFA to expel Israel from participating in global soccer matches. The letter urged FIFA to take a \u201cdecisive stand against the atrocities committed in Palestine and the war crimes in Gaza, by condemning the killing of innocent civilians including players, coaches, referees, and officials, the destruction of the football infrastructure, and taking a united front in isolating the Israeli Football Association from all football-related activities until these acts of aggression cease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

FIFA has faced\u00a0increasing international pressure<\/a>\u00a0to expel Israel since the start of its war against Hamas terrorists controlling the Gaza Strip who were responsible for the Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel, where 1,200 civilians were killed and about 240 others were taken as hostages.<\/span><\/p>\n

In March, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) formally submitted a proposal to FIFA that called for Israel\u2019s removal from the governing body in response to \u201cgrave human rights and humanitarian law violations committed by Israel.\u201d The motion also accused the Israel Football Association (IFA) of \u201cproviding moral, economic, and practical support to the occupation\u201d of Palestinian territories. The motion garnered widespread support, including from federations representing Algeria, Qatar, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jordanian Prince Reiterates Call to Ban Israel From FIFA Tournaments Worldwide Due to Hamas War Shiryn Ghermezian Prince Ali bin Al Hussein (center) is pictured in the stands before a match at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, on February 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS\/Thaier Al-Sudani Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, president of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114241"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114271,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114241\/revisions\/114271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}