The Palestine Football Association (PFA) says FIFA has failed to apply its own rules against Israel, accusing the governing body of years of inaction despite what it described as the devastation of Palestinian football, Anadolu reports.
In a statement Monday, the PFA said more than 1,013 players, coaches, referees, officials and members of the Palestinian football community have been killed during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, while stadiums, training facilities and football infrastructure have been destroyed.
The PFA also criticized FIFA for failing to act against Israeli settlement clubs in the occupied Palestinian territory, saying complaints it has raised for more than 15 years remain unresolved.
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“Silence, when a genocide is being committed live, amounts to complicity,” it said, adding that Palestinian football “can no longer afford promises in place of action.”
