Sensational! UEFA ready to suspend Israel from all competitions, decision to be made next week

2025-09-25 18:28:47Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Sensational! UEFA ready to suspend Israel from all competitions, decision to be
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Israel suspended from UEFA and out of competitions. The decision could arrive within the next week, considering that, in light of the international situation and the conflict, the majority of the members of the Executive Committee would be in favor of excluding the Jewish nation. It is the Times that reports this sensational rumor, a signal that – if confirmed by the facts – could ignite a chain effect in the middle of the sports season starting with the exclusion of clubs from continental cups (Maccabi Tel Aviv is directly affected).

What will FIFA do in the face of such a UEFA resolution?

UEFA's stance would put the international federation against the wall and increase the pressure on it, which has increased in recent hours due to the request presented by a United Nations advisory commission on the basis of a definition: what is happening in Gaza is considered genocide. Among the weighty arguments is one that has been a point of contention recently: if Russia was excluded from any discipline after the invasion of Ukraine, why shouldn't the same happen to Israel?

What could happen in Italy's group for the 2026 World Cup

When (and if) the time comes, current FIFA president Gianni Infantino will find himself in an awkward position: on one side the international community, on the other the possibility of Israel being excluded from the 2026 World Cup to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico (with all the direct consequences and direct channel with US President Donald Trump). If that happens, Group I of the World Cup qualifiers would be overturned: Israel is in third place behind leaders Norway and Italy (who will host the return match with the Israelis on October 14 in Udine). And everything could be reconsidered.

Among the reasons for dissatisfaction is the change in treatment of Russia

This is why the dissatisfaction that has so far been manifested through individual appeals (in some cases, even very strong protests but always within the framework of the regulations) could now pave the way for very serious measures at a sporting level, with inevitable consequences also in political and commercial terms. “Neither we nor other organizations can remain indifferent to the humanitarian suffering and disproportionate attacks to which the civilian population of Gaza has been exposed for too long,” is the very strong concept expressed by Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian federation.


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