Posts Tagged: Israel Soccer
Don’t Let BDS and Palestinians Turn Soccer Into a Political Football
On 6 December, 2001, at an International Commission of Jurists session on the boycott of Israel held at the United Nations in Geneva, Jibril Rajoub...
Soccer and Terrorism
JNS.org - As part of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) ongoing campaign to isolate and delegitimize Israel, the Palestinian Football (Soccer) Association is trying to...
Palestinians Threaten to Pursue Soccer Sanctions Against Israel
JNS.org - The Palestinians are threatening to pursue sanctions against Israel at a gathering of soccer's international governing body next month, Reuters reported. Palestinian Football Association...
Israeli Soccer Team Faces Prospect of International Ban
The Israel National soccer team could be facing a World Cup ban, and other soccer sanctions, unless it alleviates travel restrictions and increases field access...
Palestinians Fighting to Ban Israel From World Soccer
Israel is facing a possible ban from international soccer competition, including the World Cup, unless it improves conditions for Palestinian players and coaches, according to media reports. Jibril...
Israeli Soccer Players Shield Children From Pouring Rain as Ukrainian Opponents Show Indifference
Israel's national soccer team caused a stir in Ukraine Wednesday after showing up their host team for lacking in common decency, according to media reports....
UEFA President Heaps Praise on Israel Following Under-21 Tournament
The president of UEFA had nothing but praise for Israel, the host of this year's UEFA Under-21 championship tournament, at a press conference earlier this...
Netanyahu Meets with Israeli Under-21 Soccer Team Before UEFA Tournament
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had some encouraging words for the country's under-21 national soccer team Sunday, ahead of the UEFA under-21 tournament...
Meet Israel’s Under-21 Soccer Team with Players of Jewish, Arab, Druze, Russian and Ethiopian Origin (VIDEO)
Israel's official YouTube channel has begun to publish videos introducing members of the country's Under-21 National Team ahead of the UEFA Under-21 Championship, to be...
Jewish Israeli Soccer Star Banned from Training With Club in Dubai
Jewish Israeli soccer star and Swansea City (UK) striker Itay Shechter has been forced to miss his club's week-long training decampment because it's taking place...
Israeli Soccer Star Target of Antisemitic Attacks
Israeli soccer star Tal Ben Haim, who joined the Queens Park Rangers of the English Premier League last week, was the recent target of antisemitic...
Police Mull Israeli Flag Ban at Beitar Jerusalem Soccer Match
There's certainly no love lost between the fans of the soccer teams Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin FC. The former has a fiercely loyal pro-Israel...
Under Threat, Israeli Soccer Team Stages Hollywood Style Exit From Hungarian Stadium
Following a friendly match in Budapest on Wednesday, the head coach of Israel's national soccer team revealed that his club was warned about being attacked...
Israeli Soccer Stars Benayoun and Sahar Visit Hungarian Synagogue (PHOTO)
Two of Israel's most talented soccer stars, Ben Sahar and Yossi Benayoun, visited a synagogue in Budapest recently. The two soccer phenoms, both of whom...
