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Irish football body overwhelmingly backs call for Israel’s ban from UEFA
Members of Irish football’s governing body have approved a resolution instructing its board to submit a formal motion to UEFA requesting the immediate suspension of Israel from European competitions, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) said.
The resolution passed by the FAI members on Saturday cites violations by Israel’s Football Association of two provisions of UEFA statutes: its failure to implement and enforce an effective antiracism policy and the playing by Israeli clubs in occupied Palestinian territory without the consent of the Palestinian Football Association.
The resolution was backed by 74 votes, with seven opposed and two abstentions, the FAI said in a statement.
On October 2, FIFA President Gianni Infantino brushed aside calls to ban Israel by indirectly addressing it as a “geopolitical issue” at the FIFA Council.
Palestine urges global action after Turkiye issues arrest warrants for Israeli officials
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has welcomed Turkiye issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials, considering the move “a step in the right direction towards achieving justice”.
In a statement on X, the ministry praised the decision issued over crimes committed in Gaza. It called the move “a victory for the principles of justice” and a rejection of “the policy of impunity that some countries have afforded Israel”.
Among 37 people listed are Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and army chief Eyal Zamir, according to a statement from the Istanbul prosecutor’s office.
Palestinian sues EU over dismissal from Gaza border mission
A Palestinian man is taking the European Union to court over his dismissal from a border monitoring job in Gaza, The Guardian reports.
Mohammed Baraka, who worked at the EU’s Rafah border mission for nearly two decades, has filed a discrimination claim in a Belgian court. After the war started, he was relocated to Cairo, where he continued his work, but his employment ended this year after the mission’s closure.
His lawyer argued that his European colleagues were transferred to other posts whilst Baraka was dismissed, constituting discrimination based on nationality.
The case also challenges the EU’s use of rolling one-year contracts, which the suit said breaches a Belgian law requiring permanent status after three consecutive contracts.
“When I was offered evacuation by the EU to a safe place as an EU employee who had served for 20 years, I accepted the offer. But had I known that my fate would be dismissal from my job and being left in a place with no residence or basic human rights, I would have never agreed to it,” Baraka said.
