المواقف المحايدة للاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم بشأن أندية المستوطنات الإسرائيلية في الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة والإبادة الجماعية في غزة

                                                                                             

هل ستعود الرياضة في قطاع غزة إلى ما كانت عليه قبل حرب الإبادة؟ .... تاريخ من الدمار والبقاء والعودة

                                                                                                                             

Is it Possible to restore Sports in Gaza? A History of Destruction, Survival, and Return

   

The FIFA Insists that Israel won't be Expelled

الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم (الفيفا) يصر على عدم طرد إسرائيل

Expelling Israel from UEFA and FIFA isn't Anti-Semitic

   

الدعوة لطرد إسرائيل من المؤسسات الرياضية الدولية وأكذوبة العداء للسامية

   

انتهت اللعبة: الفيفا تحت ضغط متزايد لطرد إسرائيل

 

'Game Over': FIFA is under Increasing Pressure to Expel Israel?

     

الرياضة الفلسطينية والهوية الوطنية

  

عصام الخالدي 

     على مر ما يقارب القرن كانت الرياضة مرآة تعكس الواقع الفلسطيني بكل تفاصيله ، بهويته الوطنية وثقافته واقتصاده وصراعه مع الخصم الصهيوني ونكبته وتشرده وانتصاراته ونكساته. وقد لعبت الرياضة منذ عشرينات القرن الماضي وحتى وقتنا الحاضر دورا هاما في إبراز وإثبات الهوية الوطنية الفلسطينية التي بدورها أيضاً كانت محفزا للنشاط الرياضي وعاملاً من عوامل تطور الحركة الرياضة الفلسطينية . وكان للأوضاع السياسية التي تمثلت بوعد بلفور والهجرة الصهيونية إلى فلسطين ونكبة عام 1948 وما لحقها من تبعات حتى حرب الإبادة في غزة انعكاساتها على الحركة الرياضية التي اتسمت بالنزعة الوطنية والتي بدورها كان لها تأثيراتها في تعزيز الهوية الوطنية الفلسطينية .

        

     The Palestinian community in Chile is one of the most active among other Palestinian communities in the world. Although this community is more than one hundred years old, it has maintained its national and cultural identity in addition to its national ties with Palestine and Palestinians. In celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of Club Deportivo Palestino in Chile, we are glad to publish what our colleague Carlos Medina edited about the strong and continuing relationship that exists between this club and Palestine.

Relationship between Club Deportivo Palestino and Palestine - Palestino Historico

A Legal Analysis of Palestine's FIFA Membership

             

Issam Khalidi

   Whenever Palestine succeeds at the international level, it is undoubtedly a thorn in the side of Israel. Consequently, after Palestine was admitted as a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), there have been a number of opinions that have been raised that question and criticize the legitimacy of Palestine's membership in FIFA. According to these opinions, Palestine is not an independent country and therefore it is not in a position to apply for membership in FIFA as well as other international sports organizations.

 

الصفة القانونية لعضوية فلسطين في الفيفا ودور اتفاقات أوسلو فيها

Palestine’s Bid to Join the International Football Association FIFA 1945–1998

   

Issam Khalidi

 

Abstract

   This article demonstrates Palestine’s struggle to join FIFA, the International Football Association, and the challenges it faced during that journey of a half century. It shows the criteria that qualified Palestine to be a member of FIFA. Palestine’s accession to FIFA in 1998 marked the beginning of a greater and more visible manifestation of Palestinian national identity in sports on an international stage. The article identifies the benefits that Palestine enjoyed as a FIFA member, and highlights the Palestine Football Association’s calls to expel Israel from FIFA. Palestine’s membership in international organizations (like FIFA, the Olympic Committee, and others) paved the way for its acceptance as a non-member observer state at the UN in November 2012.

 

Palestinian Sport in Gaza: Pain and Tragedy

     

  Despite the fact that the primary focus of this blog is the history of Palestinian sports, we feel compelled to devote significant effort to highlighting the suffering experienced by Palestinian sports and athletes due to the genocide in Gaza. Israel is mercilessly violating the human rights of the Gazan people every single day by committing atrocities against them. Every aspect of sport, athletes, sport administrators, and sport journalists has been heavily impacted by Israel's genocide. 

  Nelly Masri, one of Palestine's most respected sports journalists, conducted these interviews with athletes and their relatives to capture their stories. Nevertheless, I thought it would be worthwhile to publish these articles on this blog in order to make them more accessible to everyone. This is proof that what's going on in Gaza is beyond our comprehension. It has been noted that UN expert Francisca Albanese describes Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people as one of the cruelest in modern history.

   Those who gave their lives for nothing deserve to live and enjoy their life and achieve the dreams they have always dreamed of. There has been a significant loss of achievements and ambitions in Gaza's sport due to the destruction of infrastructure and the death of innocent people who had a glorious past and a promising future ahead of them. 

   Taking part in sport is not just about a recreational or competitive activity, it's much more than that. It's about a past and future, a memory and aspirations, belonging and self-esteem, success and failure, dedication and even a way of life. Sport is deeply intertwined with our feelings, emotions, relationships, behaviors, awareness, and perceptions of a variety of things in life, as well as the world in which we live. 

Red Card for Genocide: Why FIFA Must Be Held to Account 

By Ramsy Baroud

British Zionist Sport Collaboration in Mandate Palestine

 

Issam Khalidi

 

Introduction

    Despite the fact that the relationship between the British and Zionist communities in Palestine is often viewed as purely political, there are also other factors that contributed significantly to this relationship between the two communities. These include economics, culture, education, sports, all of which had a significant impact on the development of this relationship between these two communities. The cooperation in sports was part of the multilateral British support which was aimed to establish the Jewish National Home in Palestine. Sporting relations between the two communities evolved throughout different stages according to political situations. However, in spite of the fact that there were fights took place between the Jewish and British teams on the court and terrorist activities carried out by the Zionist paramilitary gangs between 1946 and 1948 against the British, the relationship between British and Jewish sports organizations in general was very friendly and a very generous support was provided to Jewish sports organizations on a regular basis.

 

هل ينوي الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم طرد أو معاقبة إسرائيل؟

 

No Accountability: FIFA Has No Intention to Expel or Punish Israel

FIFA’s Sideline: Why the World Football Body isn’t Punishing Israel