Israeli settlements: EU fails to act on its diplomats' report Read moreThe move is opposed by Israel’s football association and by the clubs involved. “By allowing the IFA to hold matches inside settlements, Fifa is engaging in business activity that supports Israeli settlements, contrary to the human rights commitments it recently affirmed,” HRW says. The issue had the potential to become a “big problem for Israeli football”, Barzel said. On the argument that Israeli clubs were playing outside Israeli football’s territory, he said: “It is very simple. Additionally, football clubs in Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, Luhansk Republic, Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are excluded from Fifa and its national competitions.

Source: The Guardian September 25, 2016 15:33 UTC