"Uefa has paused plans to ban Israel from European football after the announcement of Donald Trump's proposed peace plan for the region. Expectation had been growing of a decisive intervention by Uefa this week, amid growing pressure within football and from outside groups, including the United Nations. But Trump's announcement of his plan in a joint press conference with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday put any measures on hold."
"after newsletter promotion National federations who had been supportive of a ban accepted the decision to pause, with sources saying it would be stupid for Uefa to take individual action while there were collective peace efforts under way. That position may be revisited if there is not agreement over the Trump deal, with Trump saying on Tuesday that Hamas had three or four days to accept his proposals."
UEFA paused plans to ban Israel from European football after Donald Trump's proposed peace plan was announced. Expectation of a decisive UEFA intervention had been growing amid pressure inside football and from outside groups including the United Nations. UEFA did not officially confirm an extraordinary executive committee meeting, but plans were reportedly well developed and any meeting would have been called at short notice. National federations supportive of a ban accepted the pause, citing the need to avoid unilateral action while collective peace efforts proceed. The ban decision may be revisited if the Trump deal fails to gain agreement.
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