"More than 30 legal experts have called on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to bar Israel and its clubs from competitions over the atrocities in Gaza. The letter, addressed to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin on Thursday, said banning Israel is imperative, citing a report by United Nations investigators that confirmed Israel is carrying out a genocide against Palestinians."
"At least 421 Palestinian footballers have been killed since Israel began its military offensive in October 2023, and the letter explained that Israel's bombing campaign is systematically destroying Gaza's football infrastructure. These acts have decimated an entire generation of athletes, eroding the fabric of Palestinian sport, it read. The failure of the Israel Football Association (IFA) to challenge these violations implicates it in this system of oppression, rendering its participation in UEFA competitions untenable."
"UEFA must not be complicit in sports-washing such flagrant breaches of international law, including but not limited to the act of genocide, the statement said. It comes amid growing international outrage at Israel's brutal assault on Gaza, where the Israeli military has killed more than 66,000 people and turned most of the enclave into rubble. A blockade on humanitarian aid in the territory has also sparked deadly hunger"
More than 30 legal experts called on UEFA to bar Israel and its clubs from competitions, citing a United Nations investigative report finding that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. They urged the football governing body and its members to fulfil legal and moral obligations to uphold international law and implement an immediate and complete ban on Israeli football. At least 421 Palestinian footballers have been killed since October 2023, and bombing has systematically destroyed Gaza’s football infrastructure, decimating a generation of athletes. The failure of the Israel Football Association to challenge violations implicates it in the system of oppression. Signatories include Elisa von Joeden-Forgey and former UN experts.
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