The PFA, in a seven-page text, denounces a series of violations of the FIFA statutes by the Israeli Football Federation (IFA), ranging from the direct consequences of the bombings on the territory - "
at least 92 footballers killed"
in mid -march and all sports infrastructure in Gaza destroyed - to the lack of fight against anti-Palestinian
“discrimination and racism”
in football.
This attack led to the death of 1,170 people on the Israeli side, the majority of them civilians killed on October 7, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures. More than 250 people have been kidnapped and 129 remain held in Gaza, 34 of whom have died according to Israeli officials.
The International Olympic Committee has remained aloof from the conflict, sticking to the coexistence since 1995 of the Israeli and Palestinian National Olympic Committees (NOCs), a
"two-state solution"
inherited from the Oslo peace process and also adopted by FIFA.
It will be one of the main points on the agenda of the 74th annual meeting of the world football body, in Bangkok, with the designation of the host of the 2027 Women's World Cup and a plan to fight racism .