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Trump administration will work to prevent banning Israel from international football: Report
The US government is actively opposing UEFA and FIFA efforts to suspend Israel’s football team amid genocide allegations, with Israel still in contention for the 2026 World Cup.
- The U.S. government plans to oppose international efforts to ban Israel from the 2026 World Cup, according to a statement from the State Department.
- UEFA is considering a vote to suspend Israeli teams from international play, which could affect Israel's World Cup qualification.
- Pedro Sánchez, Spain's Prime Minister, stated that "Israel cannot continue to use any international platform to whitewash its image."
- The U.S. State Department confirmed, "We will absolutely work to fully stop any effort to attempt to ban Israel's national soccer team from the World Cup.
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Is Israel excluded from the qualification for the 2026 World Cup? The debate in Europe is getting louder and louder – the decisive player is the Fifa and its president. And they are currently strongly oriented towards the USA.
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Labour minister exposed for stance on Israel World Cup ban
Steve Reed (secretary of state for housing, communities and local government) has spoken out on a proposed World Cup ban for Israel. Unfortunately for Reed, his stance on the matter was quickly exposed as hypocritical, with one key critic being 2022-era Steve Reed: Steve Reed opposes banning Israel from international football because it’s not right to “politicise sport.” Here he is in 2022 calling for Russia to be banned from “all sporting and …
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