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Players stress importance of unity and describe how war affects their preparations for the tournament
Free Lions fan group accuses governing body of prioritising profit over supporter safety
Palestinian and international organisations yesterday demanded that Fifa’s IsraelPalestine monitoring committee be dissolved immediately, accusing Tel Aviv of pressuring football’s world governing body into delaying the publication of its report indefinitely.
The committee, established in May 2015 and chaired by Tokyo Sexwale, has continually failed to submit updated reports to the Fifa council, the last one being due in October 2016.
Instead, Israeli government officials have forced the committee to soften its recommendations — which has led to a failure to compel Israel’s national football league to exclude six teams based in illegal Israeli settlements.
Washington and its Western allies decry human rights abuses while arming and shielding Israel, turning contradiction into policy, argues RAMZY BAROUD
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
