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‘Fifa is discriminating against Palestinians’
Israel ‘has dictated terms’ to football’s governing body
Fifty years ago this month, Britain faced its hottest summer on record, as welterweight champion Stracey met his match in Mexico’s Palomino, writes JOHN WIGHT.
Including races at Newcastle, York and Chester
Palestinian and international organisations yesterday demanded that Fifa’s IsraelPalestine monitoring committee be dissolved immediately, accusing Tel Aviv of pressuring football’s world governing body into delaying the publication of its report indefinitely.
The committee, established in May 2015 and chaired by Tokyo Sexwale, has continually failed to submit updated reports to the Fifa council, the last one being due in October 2016.
Instead, Israeli government officials have forced the committee to soften its recommendations — which has led to a failure to compel Israel’s national football league to exclude six teams based in illegal Israeli settlements.
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