'Vigilance against discrimination is the only way sporting bodies can ensure fair play. Now, Bali’s governor and others will have to explain to heartbroken players and fans why excluding Israelis was worth having the World Cup taken away.' -DavidSamuelMay
The collision was set in motion last summer when Israel’s team qualified for the tournament due to be held this spring. Jerusalem and Jakarta have no direct relations, but the world’s most populous Muslim country is a prime candidate to sign a normalization agreement with Israel, building on the progress of the Abraham Accords.At first, it seemed the tournament might proceed without trouble. While some Indonesians welcomed the Israelis, others were not excited about the Israeli team’s arrival.
Last Sunday, soccer's world governing body canceled the ceremony, scheduled for Thursday in Bali, to determine the matchups for the tournament. After desperate Indonesian attempts at damage control, FIFA announced on Wednesday that Indonesia would no longer host the tournament. It remains to be seen if Indonesia will face further repercussions, such as being banned from future tournaments.
This was hardly FIFA’s first run-in with anti-Israel activism. A Palestinian campaign to eject Israel from FIFA led to the FIFA Monitoring Committee for Israel-Palestine’s formation. The committee determined in 2017 that FIFA should not be in the business of excluding either Israelis or Palestinians.
In recent years, sporting bodies have confronted anti-Israel discrimination more forcefully. For example, discrimination against Israelis led to the Women’s Tennis Association fining the United Arab Emirates in 2009, swimming’s governing body formally warning Qatari and Emirati officials in 2013, and the International Olympic Committee excluding Tunisia in 2018 from bidding to host the Youth Olympics.
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