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\r\n\tAn international petition with almost 150,000 signatures has demanded that FIFA force the Israel Football Association to eliminate six of its clubs that are based in occupied West Bank illegal settlements.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tIt’s the latest move in a continued campaign by anti-occupation activists as well as the Palestinian Authority to force the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to drop Israel from the major international soccer organization.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tA petition on the website avaaz.org, an independent global campaigning nonprofit, called on FIFA to “either remove the settlement football clubs from its membership or relocate them outside the illegal settlements.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“If the Israeli Football Association doesn’t comply it must lose its membership with FIFA, as has been the case with other federations that have refused to accept FIFA’s fair play rules.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“There should be zero tolerance for the six teams that flagrantly ignore international law and operate in occupied territory. Settlement football teams legitimize the illegal occupation and condone the suffering the Palestinians face as a result,” the petition stated.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-07-31 15:09:35","content_date_finish":"2016-07-31 15:09:35","content_date_register":"2016-07-31 15:09:35","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"127591","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3676342788","attach_date_register":"2016-07-31 15:09:45","attach_id":"135896","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"652","attach_img_height":"366","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"178","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 20:10:10","attach_title":"FIFA being petitioned to ban Israeli soccer teams","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]