GENEVA.- Independent experts from UN They made a call on Tuesday so that both the FIFA like the UEFA suspend a Israel For your offensive in Loopbut they oppose sanctions against the players of that country.
“Sports instances should not close their eyes to serious human rights violations,” the three special rapporteurs and members of the business group of companies and human rights denounced in a statement.
“The national teams that represent states that commit massive human rights violations can and should be suspended, as has happened in the past,” they insisted.
These experts, who do not represent the United Nations, believe that Israel’s suspension is “a necessary response to the ongoing genocide.”
Questioned by the AFP, UEFA refused to make comments, while FIFA chose not to offer a reaction for the moment.
On September 16, for the first time, an International Commission for the Mandate of the UN accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza since October 2023 with the intention of “destroying” the Palestinians, in a context of growing international rejection of the Israeli offensive.
These UN independent experts consider that the leaders of international sports organizations “cannot remain neutral against a genocide.”
They don’t look for punishment for players
However, they clarified that the boycott “must have as its objective the state of Israel and not the players individually” and that, therefore, it should not “be sanctioned to soccer players based in their origin or nationality.”
The calls to suspend the Israeli team of all competitions multiply.
A few days ago, the former French player Éric Cantona criticized the double measure of measuring football instances.
“Four days after the war in Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russia.
“FIFA and UEFA must suspend Israel. Clubs must refuse to play against Israeli teams,” Cantona added.
The day after the chaotic end of the Cycling Tour of Spain in Madrid, the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, also urged to exclude Israel from sports competitions “while continuing barbarism” in Gaza.
It is one of the most critical voices in Europe before the offensive carried out by the Israeli government in Gaza, launched in response to the attacks of October 7, 2023 orchestrated by Hamas, in which 1,219 people died, mostly civilians.
Israel’s response has caused the death of more than 65,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the Ministry of Health of the Government of Hamas, figures that the UN considers reliable.
