Palestine puts FIFA in a bind
By James M. Dorsey
The perennial dispute between Israel and Palestine has put world soccer body FIFA in a bind. With FIFA groping on how to deal with Israeli West Bank settlement teams playing in Israeli leagues in violation of the soccer body’s rules, FIFA seems doomed if it does and doomed if it doesn’t.
A draft report by a FIFA committee headed by vete…
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