Norway’s other World Cup campaign: Getting Israel kicked out of soccer (www.politico.com)
from Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 14:07
https://lemmy.ca/post/67724988

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/67724986

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panthera_@lemmy.today on 12 Jul 14:38 next collapse

Soccer is a sport. No country should be excluded based on politics including Russia.

Protoknuckles@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 14:43 next collapse

Why not? Why allow a country committing war crimes to participate on the global sports or entertainment stage like everything is normal?

Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca on 12 Jul 15:04 collapse

Panthera is a rage-bait troll, don’t mind them

Protoknuckles@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 15:37 collapse

I assumed so, but I like to put up a defense sometimes, because otherwise people only see their nonsensical points.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 15:34 next collapse

International sports events are INTERNATIONAL, if you play so far outside the rules as Israel is doing, you don’t deserve to participate in international events as a country.
Of course by that standard we shouldn’t have participation from Russia and USA either.

tanisnikana@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 15:51 collapse

Let’s include Palestine then.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 15:31 next collapse

How about kicking Israel out of Israel, maybe there was a reason it was done the first time?

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone on 12 Jul 15:41 collapse

tbh it’d rate their chances better if they just gave FIFA a big comical money bag with $$$ on the side of it and full of chocolate