FIFA and UEFA Presidents accused of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity - complaint to the Office of Prosecutor to be filed within weeks.

David Goldblatt is one of the most eloquent, articulate and principled voices in football. He spoke about the issue of FIFA's inaction over Israel at @playthegame-org.bsky.social last month, and his words feel particularly relevant today as FIFA seeks to evade accountability.

“Cristiano Ronaldo is...abetting Donald Trump’s efforts to sportswash, allowing the president to deflect attention from domestic chronic social problems & human-rights woes while looking important on the global stage.” www.nbcnews.com/sports/socce...

This is Trumps Peace Deal due to which UEFA and FIFA suspended their democratic processes started by FAs to expel Israel from football. There hasn't been a day where Palestinians weren't killed, including a 10 yr old shot and killed by IOF on his birthday while playing football in the West Bank.

My interview with Anadolu Agency www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/fi...

This is huge! The UN Secretary General presented Special Rapporteur's report to the UN General Assembly. Even though it deals with state actors accountability for genocide in Gaza, FIFA (and by analogy, UEFA) was explicitly mentioned as shielding Israel from accountability from "deserved expulsion"

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent... As if seeking to back up the decision of West Midlands police to ban them from Birmingham, Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were today involved in a riot with Hapoel Tel Aviv supporters. Hapoel are seen as Israel's left-wing club.

These are the conditions in which my colleagues from Palestine FA work. Every week, IDF gas-bombs the HQ for no reason.

He told Abbas that he wanted to visit Gaza. What is Infantino going to do in Gaza? PR stunt? Selfie tour? He certainly has no business of being in Gaza. He's helping Israeli occupation and colonisation of the West Bank and probably dreaming about Trump Riviera. Sickening.

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The issue was first tabled with FIFA in 2013 by the PFA, before FIFA decided not to act. It was tabled again in 2024, and FIFA has continued to drag its feet. As per usual, FIFA delays instead exercising its leverage. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

🧵 Gianni Infantino stresses the “importance of promoting peace and unity, particularly in the context of the ongoing situation in Gaza”, but FIFA has failed to address how football contributes to an illegal occupation and human rights abuses inside.fifa.com/organisation...

The UN has blacklisted a construction company owned by Real Madrid’s Florentino Pérez, the president of #RealMadrid, for operating in occupied Palestinian land using local resources to build infrastructure that helps sustain Israel’s illegal settlements. www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/09/29/u...

The next time someone parrots the line that sports are a beacon of peace, ask them if that slogan brought back any of the hundreds of Palestinian athletes slaughtered by Israel over the past 22 months—or if it just helped everyone sleep better at night. www.sportspolitika.news/p/israel-spo...

Trump says that “if I didn’t send in the troops” to Los Angeles than Gianni could never have World Cup games there next year. Infantino, standing at his shoulder, watches on silently.

More than 800 athletes and officials have been killed in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Those surviving are being starved with so many others. Destroying Gaza’s cultural and social life goes hand in hand with the destruction of the Palestinian people. Pls watch this AJ piece youtu.be/u7fi4rmxN4A?...

"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

They are continuing to kill sports stars across the disciplines.

Weak statements with no action will change nothing. Ceferin knows this very well.

No football in Europe for genocide supporters! Some of his social media posts/reposts: “Destroy. Tighten. Crush. To God’s revenge” “All of Gaza supports terrorism. All of Gaza is dead” “What is the reason why 200 tons of bombs have not already been dropped on Gaza” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

During it's current Presidency of the EU Council, Denmark has reintroduced introduced a radical proposal for surveillance: mandatory scanning of all private messages on platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, no opt-outs, no end-to-end encryption. Vote will happen on 14 Oct.

FIFA is delaying obvious decision on Israeli illegal settlement clubs for 13 years, and in the past two Congresses, for one reason only - they are hoping that Palestine will be no more. Gaza is beyond words, while West Bank paused all its leagues due to increased settler land theft and IOF violence.

BREAKING: Israeli Forces Intercept Gaza Aid Flotilla and Take 20 Crew Members Captive The ‘Handala’ is the third aid flotilla ship attacked in the last year, as Israel continues to starve 2 million Palestinians. — @premthakker.bsky.social reports. READ: zeteo.com/p/breaking-i...

«UEFA-presidenten overlater showet til Gianni Infantino» idrettspolitikk.no/2025/07/27/u...

Today, 30+ countries are meeting in Bogota to discuss the measures that can be taken to stop the impunity and complicity. I had a message carrying a suggestion for a simple measure that can go a long way in sport. x.com/ScotSport4Pa...

www.pfa.ps/news/5899.html Palestinian national team player was threatened by Israeli authorities they will end his sporting career, pursue and hound him wherever he went. Interrogations focused on him joining/representing the Palestinian national team. His phone was confiscated and still in custody

Seven Palestinian footballers have been killed by Israel just nine days into July.

Another day, another Palestinian footballer killed by Israel. The remains of the player Ramez Al-Kafarna have been found after he went missing in Netzarim area in the central Gaza Strip over a year ago. Captain Ramez was a defender for Shabab Beit Hanoun Al-Ahli Club.

Israelis are complaining that 60% of their flag football players are currently in the IDF, which affects their preparations for the European and international competitions. Wild. Compare and contrast with the IOC guidelines for Russian neutral athletes. www.jns.org/israels-flag...

Another day, another Palestinian footballer killed by Israeli occupation forces. May you rest in peace, Hadi Mahmoud Halawa, player of Musaddar and Al-Aqsa clubs, in Nusseirat- Gaza Strip.

The 2026 FIFA men's World Cup starts in 344 days. The Los Angeles 2028 Summer Games are 3 years away. We're witnessing a slow-motion car crash. It's no surprise that groups like @boycottusa2026.org are calling for a boycott of 2026 World Cup matches in the US. That call promises to intensify

@fairsq.bsky.social statement on the U.S. civil society letter sent yesterday to FIFA. A clear expression of discontent with the role FIFA is playing in the United States in advance of next year's men's World Cup. fairsq.org/civil-societ...

Israel killed 68 athletes in Iran

The Israeli army has killed 785 Palestinian athletes and sports officials in Gaza and the West Bank since October 2023, 437 of which were football players and officials. The Palestine Football Association is compiling the figures using player registration records and data from its Gaza branch.

Al Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo: “We have to recognize the Crown Prince, he’s doing an incredible job.” “I’m Portuguese, but I belong to Saudi Arabia” x.com/SGazetteSpor...

Sport should not be allowed to supersede human rights. For too long, FIFA has executed behind-the-scenes maneuverings that have allowed it to avoid reckoning with Israel’s human-rights violations. www.commondreams.org/opinion/fifa...

"Sport should not be allowed to supersede human rights. For too long FIFA has executed behind-the-scenes maneuverings that have allowed it to avoid reckoning with Israel’s human-rights violations." Israel is committing genocide + must be banned from FIFA. Immediately. Thx @julesboykoff.bsky.social

“FIFA’s response [to IFA violations of its statutes]? One might say crickets, but crickets actually make noise. For more than a decade it has foot-dragged investigating good-faith claims against Israel.”

If you have X, have a look at this thread, might be interesting to you. FIFA social media manager exposed ...and more x.com/leylahamed/s...

30 scholars, including two former UN rapporteurs, Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, Ardi Imseis, who is representing Palestine at the ICJ, and William Schabas, a member of the Sierra Leone truth and reconciliation commission say Israel is violating FIFA statutes. www.middleeasteye.net/news/legal-e...

"FIFA Can No Longer Be Silent on Israel's Human Rights Atrocities." My latest for @commondreams.org. Shout out to @fairsq.bsky.social for their vital human-rights work. www.commondreams.org/opinion/fifa...

Infantino seems to be spending more time in Trump's office than in his own. But "political neutrality" and other unicorns...

FIFA said in May that the governance committee apparently needed "expert reporting including on topics of territoriality", following a Palestinian Football Association complaint against the Israel Football Association. In their letter the experts provide "unassailable facts" on this topic.

"If [Fifa's] Governance Committee ignores a letter of this nature from academics of this stature, it will only serve to confirm that it is not independent and that FIFA has no interest in good governance.” fairsq.org/letter-fifa-...

Will the FIFA's GACC pay attention to the opinion of the world's famous int'l law scholars ? Will they finally complete the assessment of a matter equivalent to pondering whether grass is green? Israeli clubs located in illegal settlements in the West Bank breach both int'l law and FIFA Statutes.

Leading legal experts and scholars have today written to FIFA’s Governance Audit and Compliance Committee (GAAC), in relation to the committee’s examination of a complaint relating to the holding of matches in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. fairsq.org/letter-fifa-...

I found something good about Club World Cup.

Report on BBC by The Centre for Media Monitoring: Despite 34x more Palestinian deaths, Israeli fatalities received 33x more coverage per death. Victim profiles for Palestinians (279) & Israelis (201) despite 34 times more Palestinian deaths Interviews: 2,350 Isr. 1,085 Palest. x.com/cfmmuk/statu...

"Norwegian football cannot afford to lose Josimar," says the Norwegian Supporters Alliance. The magazine is on the brink. Help us survive. 👇👇 josimar.no/campaign/str...