[Peace-discuss] Avaaz: 72 hours for FIFA to sanction Israel

[Robert Naiman]

I don't know. But the corruption charges against FIFA officials seem pretty
strong, and they are not being only pursued in the US; it seems widely
accepted in Europe that they are legit.

World soccer rocked as top officials held in U.S., Swiss graft cases
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/27/us-soccer-fifa-arrests-idUSKBN0OC0B020150527

Timing is another question. But I think that's a reflection of that fact
that both things are happening at the same time as a result of the FIFA
meetings. Obviously, the Avaaz campaign and the wider campaign of which its
part are tied to the FIFA meetings. It was also a convenient time for the
prosecutors to move because many of their targets were gathered in
Switzerland.

Of course, that doesn't prove that the coincidence is innocuous, but mere
coincidence seems quite plausible based on what has been reported.





Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 8:59 AM, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com>
wrote:

> Any connection to the charges against FIFA, announced today?
>
>
> > On May 27, 2015, at 7:31 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> >
> > If this happens, it would be world-historical.
> >
> >
> >
> > In 72 hours the FIFA Congress could vote to suspend Israel’s membership
> for its racism. We only need a few more votes. Sign now and send this to
> everyone!
> >
> > SIGN THE PETITION
> >
> > Dear friends
> >
> > In 72 hours the FIFA Congress could vote to suspend Israel’s membership
> for its racism towards Palestinian athletes. But 75% of the Congress
> members need to vote yes for this decision to pass. Let’s urgently call on
> them to suspend Israel’s membership until it stops the discrimination.
> >
> > FIFA’s own rules forbid racism and make it illegal to forcefully use
> another nation’s soil for matches, yet Israel’s violence and racism towards
> Palestinian football goes without punishment. Israel is lobbying hard to
> convince FIFA to refuse the Palestinian request to suspend Israel. But we
> only need a few more votes and insiders say what’s missing is a massive
> push for them to make a strong stand for equality.
> >
> > Sign the urgent petition to call on FIFA Congress to suspend Israel
> until it respects fair play and ends discrimination and tell everyone, fast
> -- we’ve literally only got hours. As soon as our petition roars with
> momentum, we’ll deliver it to the FIFA Congress.
> >
> >
> https://secure.avaaz.org/en/fifa_ban_israel_5_mena_locked/?bcDPbab&v=59283
> >
> > Dear friends
> >
> > In 72 hours the FIFA Congress could vote to suspend Israel’s membership
> for its racism towards Palestinian athletes. But 75% of the Congress
> members need to vote yes for this decision to pass. Let’s urgently call on
> them to suspend Israel’s membership until it stops the discrimination.
> >
> > FIFA’s own rules forbid racism and make it illegal to forcefully use
> another nation’s soil for matches, yet Israel’s violence and racism towards
> Palestinian football goes without punishment. Israel is lobbying hard to
> convince FIFA to refuse the Palestinian request to suspend Israel. But we
> only need a few more votes and insiders say what’s missing is a massive
> push for them to make a strong stand for equality.
> >
> > Sign the urgent petition to call on FIFA Congress to suspend Israel
> until it respects fair play and ends discrimination and tell everyone, fast
> -- we’ve literally only got hours. As soon as our petition roars with
> momentum, we’ll deliver it to the FIFA Congress.
> >
> >
> https://secure.avaaz.org/en/fifa_ban_israel_5_mena_locked/?bcDPbab&v=59283
> >
> > The arguments for a suspension are clear -- five Israeli football clubs
> are based in settlements, built illegally on Palestinian lands, violating
> FIFA’s rules. Footballers have been shot, and Israel’s racist occupation
> policies strip Palestinians from their right to freedom of movement, making
> internal matches in Palestine difficult, and traveling outside the country
> exhausting, and sometimes impossible.
> >
> > The FIFA Congress suspended South Africa and Yugoslavia for acts of
> discrimination. There is no reason to treat Israel differently when it
> commits the same violations. FIFA’s decisions helped push countries like
> South Africa and Yugoslavia to eventually change their policies - a
> suspension now could nudge Israel towards ending its discrimination as well.
> >
> > We have just 72 hours to build a mega petition - sign now and send this
> to everyone:
> >
> >
> https://secure.avaaz.org/en/fifa_ban_israel_5_mena_locked/?bcDPbab&v=59283
> >
> > History has shown us that injustice and repression come to an end the
> moment they are courageously confronted, and when the perpetrators are
> shown that racism has no place in our world. A FIFA suspension on Israel
> will send a strong message of equality that will make oppression and
> occupation more costly, and make peace a better option.
> >
> > With hope,
> >
> > Fadi, Rewan, Falastine, Mohammad and the rest of the Avaaz Team
> >
> > More information:
> > Israel cries foul over FIFA suspension talk
> > http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/25/world/fifa-israel-palestinians/
> >
> > Palestinian soccer players tell FIFA Israel violates their ‘basic rights’
> >
> http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/20/palestinians-campaign-for-israels-suspension-from-fi.
> ..
> >
> > Fifa: Israel football faces possible suspension vote
> > http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32812288
> >
> >
> >
> > Avaaz.org is a 41-million-person global campaign network that works to
> ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global
> decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz
> members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18
> countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages.
> >
> >
> >
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