Published on, Sept. 24 -- September 24, 2025 3:54 PM

United Nations human rights experts have urged FIFA and UEFA to ban Israel from international football, saying sporting bodies cannot remain neutral amid what they describe as unfolding genocide in Palestine. They stressed that the international community has legal and moral obligations under international law to act decisively and not provide legitimacy to ongoing human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory.

In a press release dated September 23, the experts cited the findings of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry and the International Court of Justice's Interim Order from January 2024. They said these findings confirmed that Israel's actions in the Occupied P...