Israeli players from the Aroni Ariel soccer team practicing at their stadium in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, Sept. 21, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The FIFA Congress will not hold a vote this year on a Palestinian proposal questioning the status of Israeli teams in the West Bank.
Nearly three-quarters of FIFA member nations voted Thursday to accept the decision made two days earlier by the FIFA Council to delay a vote on the submission. The council said it would be “premature” to make a decision on the status of Israeli teams that play in the West …read more
Source: JTA
