Meet the Gaza athletes unmasked as terrorists
Abdullah Khattab emerged as one of Gaza’s rising soccer talents at a young age. But he was committed to more than just athletics. On July 22, the Israel Defense Forces published...
Palestinian Football Association
The Palestinian War on Israel’s Olympic Team
The violent hostility of Jibril Rajoub to Israel goes back more than half a century.
Op-eds
FIFA Is Latest Target of Palestinian Hijacking
The Palestinian political intifada reached FIFA, soccer’s governing body, last Friday. Cloaked in the language of justice and human rights, the Palestinian FIFA delegation continued its decades-long...
Op-eds
Indonesia scores own goal with hostility to Israel
Attempting to ban Israeli athletes proved to be a costly own goal for Indonesia. On Wednesday, FIFA stripped Indonesia of hosting duties for the under-20 soccer World Cup due to Jakarta’s inability...
Op-eds
Give Sports Bigotry No Sanction
Hamid Sajjadi, Iran’s recently appointed minister of sports, warned Iranian athletes in August not to compete against counterparts from the “child-killing and occupying regime of Israel.” With the...
Op-eds
It’s time to stop the Palestinian sports boycott of Israel
Jibril Rajoub's strategy to boycott and isolate Israel in sports had worked until this summer. But the reactions by FIFA and other bodies shows how weak his claims have always been.
Op-eds
FIFA Punishment for Palestinians is Insufficient
FIFA handed Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), a...
Policy Briefs
Palestinian Sports Intimidation Should Be Punished
Protesters waved Lionel Messi shirts stained with fake bl...
Op-eds
German Lawmakers Urge FIFA to Reject Palestinian Demand to Kick Israel Out
A cross-party group of German parliamentary deputies sent a letter to the head of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Wednesday, urging him to reject a Palestinian camp...
Op-eds
Why Did the IOC Refuse to Honor the Munich Victims?
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) flatly...