Kick Out Racism™: Israel to be expelled from FIFA over Racism™

[Shami-Amourae]

Israel is facing a vote to suspend it from world football’s governing body over claims that it discriminates against Palestinian footballers in the occupied territories. The Palestinian Football Association said on Tuesday it was determined to push ahead with the vote on 29 May at the Fifa congress in Zurich, which could see Israel follow South Africa’s apartheid-era regime and Yugoslavia – the only countries to have been suspended by Fifa. On Tuesday, Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football Association, said he believed the issue would go to a vote and that he expected Israel to be suspended. Suspension from Fifa is the most serious sanction the organisation can impose short of expulsion, and would see Israel’s teams banned from competing internationally.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/19/israel-faces-fifa-suspension-after-claims-it-discriminates-against-palestinians

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[Spectrism]

I would favor Israel on this. Look at what wonders diversity has done for South Africa and Amerika.

[Ares]

I would favor Israel on this. Look at what wonders diversity has done for South Africa and Amerika.

Pushed by jews to "diversify" the goym.

[Celtic Rogue]

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander!

[Horn]

My guess is that they will plea and be granted the perfect defense in religious exemption.

It's worked in the past.

[Neuro]

Israel would counter with FIFA being anti-Semitic. Game Over 11-0 to Israel!

[Cebu_4_2]

Israel would counter with FIFA being anti-Semitic. Game Over 11-0 to Israel!

You mean 6,000,000 to 0

[mick silver]

we can help them out by shipping a few hundred ship loads to them . that some thing you can bank on. hell they need to be part of the new world order not just pushing the shit on everyone else

[Glass]

What are the odds eh?


FIFA "Rampant" Corruption Exposed Following DOJ Indictment, 14 Arrested In Swiss Hotel

That FIFA has been a hotbed of corruption, shady backroom dealings and outright crime for years, has been known to anyone with even a passing interest in football. Which is why we were surprised to learn this morning that none other than the US Attorney General, seemingly content with all the wristslaps handed out to criminal US foreign banks (and subsequent SEC waivers) gave FIFA the red card in a charge detailing "rampant" corruption in international soccer hours after 14 officials were arrested on accusations of a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through FIFA, whose office was searched in a series of dawn raids in Zurich.


Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption http://t.co/7SvYgNmlaN
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) May 27, 2015 (https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/603488652564557824)



The US charge was announced alongside of a Swiss criminal probe related to the controversial 2010 award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively, hours after seven soccer officials were arrested and 14 indicted in Zurich, concurrent with a raid on the soccer body’s hilltop office in Zurich.

The case involves bribes "totaling more than US$ 100 million" linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for soccer tournaments in the United States and Latin America, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said in a statement.

The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that two current FIFA vice presidents were among those arrested, Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands and Eugenio Figueredo of Uruguay. The others are Eduardo Li of Costa Rica, Julio Rocha of Nicaragua, Costas Takkas of Britain, Rafael Esquivel of Venezuela and Jose Maria Marin of Brazil. All seven are connected with the regional confederations of North and South America and face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of racketeering.


Link @ ZH (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-27/fifa-rampant-corruption-exposed-following-doj-indictment-14-arrested-swiss-hotel)

[Neuro]

What are the odds eh?



Link @ ZH (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-27/fifa-rampant-corruption-exposed-following-doj-indictment-14-arrested-swiss-hotel)
6,000,000 to 1. It has been known among the general public for decades that FIFA is a hotbed of corruption and bribes. They threaten to expel Israel and all of a sudden evidence appears! And US attorney general acts... Lmao!

[SWRichmond]

6,000,000 to 1. It has been known among the general public for decades that FIFA is a hotbed of corruption and bribes. They threaten to expel Israel and all of a sudden evidence appears! And US attorney general acts... Lmao!

Once you know the news behind the news, the news that isn't reported in the MSM, you can see the bars of the cage you're living in, and who your "elected representatives" truly work for...NOT YOU.

[Horn]

That isn't going to score many PR points with most of the world.

[Horn]

Israel cries foul over FIFA suspension talk


Jerusalem (CNN)FIFA President Sepp Blatter is trying to broker a deal between the Palestinian and Israel football associations ahead of this week's FIFA World Congress (http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/fifa-congress/index.html) at which the Palestinians have called for a vote to suspend Israel.

Blatter met with both associations, as well as Israeli and Palestinian political leaders, during a visit to the region in hopes of finding a way to ease the tension. FIFA is the international soccer governing body.

"Football has the power to connect people," Blatter said at a press conference last week in Jerusalem. "Football has the power to construct bridges. I am coming here and going to your neighbors ... to try to construct bridges and to try and make sure that football is not dividing, but football is uniting."

Instead of a vote, Blatter suggests a game between the two national teams, offering Zurich, Switzerland, as a possible location.
The Palestinian group objects to Israeli teams playing in the West Bank. They also say Israel restricts movements of Palestinian players between the West Bank and Gaza as well as for international matches.

"They keep bullying here and there, and I think they have no right to keep being the bully of the neighborhood," Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub said of Israel. "If the Israelis are using the issue of security, I can say that their security concern is mine. I am ready to fix parameters for security concerns, but security should not be used ... as a tool in order to keep this racist, apartheid policies."

He declared the situation in the West Bank far worse than apartheid that existed in South Africa because right-wingers and extremists in Israel want to "delete Palestine." In the 1960s, FIFA suspended South Africa for decades after it failed to comply with the association's nondiscrimination policies. The nation was also expelled from FIFA a month after the Soweto Youth Uprising of 1976 (http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/june-16-soweto-youth-uprising).

"I am not asking for the suspension of the Israeli association; I am asking to end the suffering of the Palestinian footballers," Rajoub said. "I am asking to end the grievances, the humiliation we are facing."
Israel Football Association President Ofer Eini said the restrictions on movement are a question of security. Eini said the association has no influence over such matters. He said the Palestinians are mixing sports and politics.
Association CEO Rotem Kemer said 95% of travel requests for players have been approved in 2015.
"We will continue helping the Palestinian association," Eini said. "We will extend a hand to them. If football is to be the unifying thing, I embrace them because I want football to flourish there just like I want it to flourish here."

While it may be true that 95% of permits have been approved this year, Susan Shalabi, director of the Palestine Football Association's international relations department, said even denying one permit can have a hugely detrimental effect on competition.
"So they say they've approved 95% of the permits. Let's be more optimistic and assume that they approve 99%. What's the point if the 1% includes the head coach, captain or goalkeeper of the national team? Or those of a visiting team? Will any association accept to play without all or any of these? It's about the principle, not statistics. Footballers should not be denied to move at all," Shalabi said.

Blatter said he is working to remove the suspension vote from the agenda. The vote would require 75% of FIFA's 209 member associations to succeed. Blatter said Israel has not violated any FIFA rules, and that other mechanisms exist to address issues between FIFA members, such as an ethics committee and a disciplinary committee, but he said FIFA rules allow the Palestinians to call for a vote.

The Palestinian bid to have Israel suspended from FIFA is part of much broader international pressure coming to bear on Israel to recognize a Palestinian state. The Vatican's recent recognition of Palestinian statehood (http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/13/world/vatican-palestinian-statehood/) is the latest in a series of such successes for the Palestinian Authority.

The International Criminal Court has recognized Palestinian membership, and the United Nations recognized the Palestinians as a nonmember observer state. A bid for full recognition failed to get the necessary U.N. Security Council votes (http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/30/world/palestinian-statehood-draft-vote/) in December.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/25/world/fifa-israel-palestinians/index.html

[Horn]

How the FIFA corruption scandal could affect Israel

Israelis were expecting some big news to come out of the annual FIFA Congress this week.
But they probably weren’t expecting this.

In a bombshell operation, a Swiss law enforcement team showed up at the Zurich hotel hosting the annual gathering of the international soccer organization — and arrested (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-arrested-on-corruption-charges-blatter-isnt-among-them.html) nine senior officials.

The arrests come after decades of corruption allegations aimed at FIFA. (If you’re unfamiliar, comedian John Oliver’s got you covered (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I).) The arrested officials face charges of taking money in exchange for World Cup hosting bids, as well taking bribes in exchange for media and marketing rights for major international tournaments.

The allegations are damning, but frankly, they couldn’t have come at a better time for Israel. Until Wednesday, much of the coverage of the FIFA Congress surrounded whether delegates would vote to suspend Israel (http://www.jta.org/2015/05/19/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/could-israel-really-be-barred-from-world-soccer) from world soccer. The Palestinian Football Association is introducing the motion to suspend Israel, accusing it of unjustly restricting Palestinian soccer players’ freedom of movement and claiming that Israel’s West Bank settlement teams violate FIFA rules

Israeli officials have called the effort blatantly political and said that the Palestinians’ complaints all concern Israel’s security forces — not Israel’s soccer teams.
For Israel to be suspended, three quarters of delegates would need to approve the motion. If that were a long shot before, it’s even more unlikely now.

Suspending the Jewish state from international play would have rocked world soccer’s boat, inviting allegations of anti-Semitism and double standards. Israel, to say the least, likely would not have gone quietly into the night.

Now, with FIFA’s boat already rocking, member states will probably be loath to pile one controversy on another. FIFA President Sepp Blatter, already opposed to Israel’s suspension (he met last week with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) is probably looking to avoid two crises on his hands at once.

Israel can even take comfort in historical precedent. When Netanyahu went to the White House in January 1998 to meet with President Clinton, he reportedly expected a tense meeting about the peace process. But the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke that day (http://forward.com/opinion/israel/184977/benjamin-netanyahus-warning-on-iran-falls-flat/), leaving the president preoccupied.

With world soccer preoccupied and the eyes of the world elsewhere, this could be FIFA and Israel’s Monica moment.

http://www.jta.org/2015/05/27/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/how-the-fifa-corruption-scandal-could-affect-israel

[Neuro]

Israel can even take comfort in historical precedent. When Netanyahu went to the White House in January 1998 to meet with President Clinton, he reportedly expected a tense meeting about the peace process. But the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke that day (http://forward.com/opinion/israel/184977/benjamin-netanyahus-warning-on-iran-falls-flat/), leaving the president preoccupied.

Funny how things works out for the jewish state...

[Horn]

Suspending the Jewish state from international play would have rocked world soccer’s boat, inviting allegations of anti-Semitism and double standards. Israel, to say the least, likely would not have gone quietly into the night.

Israelis are the only Semites, even charges from other semites are considered anti-semitic.