My gosh.
Yesterday, Egypt Coach Hossam Hassan asked FIFA to use its "soft power" to help Palestinians.
Today, just as the Egypt-Argentina match began, Israel killed Mohammed al-Wahidi, of the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza — which also organized Gaza screenings of the matches.
Haiti is one of the only countries frequently subjected to having to re-do jersey’s bc Haiti’s decolonization + independence is deemed “too political” by FIFA. A nationalist tournament where Haiti can’t show pride in successfully winning its independence:
https://t.co/u19m2U67I1
The purpose of the Israeli prison is not to rectify or punish, it is to completely dismantle the humanity and sanity of the Palestinian; to dismantle the Palestinian’s resolve for his homeland and future. These are death camps.
Boycott the World Cup.
Have some shame and don't go to matches.
Your instant gratification is not more important than respecting the loss of life. You're contributing to killing people.
Just be humane and boycott it.
Infantino claims he can't do anything about Referees, players, journalists and fans being banned from the World Cup because in every country there are Governments.
In 2023 Indonesia refused to let the Israeli U23 squad have visas
FIFA instantly moved the tournament to Argentina
Horrific videos from Gaza have been circulating for hours after israel struck a residential building.
I don’t know what’s more disturbing, the image of children’s bodies torn apart (again) or the fact that it’s barely considered newsworthy because the children are Palestinian.
A damning new report has found that every Premier League club is tied to companies implicated in Israel’s war crimes — exposing the beautiful game’s complicity in genocide. https://t.co/nOOdRwwq9A
This was taken by our team member right next to his home. The genocide in Gaza didn’t end and over 105 Palestinians were killed in the last month alone by the military occupation.