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Expel "Israel" from FIFA and the International Olympic Committee

We, the Palestinian and Lebanese sports clubs, federations, organizations, and teams in Lebanon, together with athletes, coaches, administrators, supporters, and all those who believe in the values of justice and freedom, call for the expulsion of the Israeli occupation state from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and all international sports institutions and federations.

The Israeli occupation state is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people, including the direct and systematic targeting of the Palestinian sports movement, particularly in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian West Bank.

"Israel" has killed more than 1,000 Palestinian athletes, including football players, coaches, referees, and sporting champions. It has also wounded thousands of athletes and imprisons hundreds of them in Israeli prisons, in blatant violation of all international and sporting laws and norms.

The occupation forces have also:

• Destroyed stadiums, sports facilities, and sports halls.

• Bombed clubs and youth centers and demolished sports infrastructure.

• Prevented Palestinian teams and national squads from traveling and participating in international competitions.

• Imposed siege and collective punishment on Palestinian athletes.

• Used sport as a tool of racial discrimination and settler-colonial domination.

The continued participation of the Israeli occupation regime in international sporting institutions, despite these crimes, constitutes shameful complicity and silence that contradict the principles these institutions claim to uphold, foremost among them justice, equality, and opposition to racism.

International sports institutions have previously taken action against other states because of wars and political violations. Therefore, the continued exemption of Israel from accountability reveals a policy of double standards and undermines the credibility of global sport.

Accordingly, we demand:

• The expulsion of "Israel" from FIFA.

• The expulsion of "Israel" from the International Olympic Committee.

• The removal of all Israeli federations and teams from international competitions.

• The imposition of comprehensive sporting sanctions on the occupation state until it ceases its crimes against the Palestinian people.

• The protection of Palestinian athletes and the guarantee of their full right to movement and international participation.

There is no place within international sporting institutions for a state that practices genocide, racism, and colonialism.

Sport must stand with freedom and justice, not with occupation and killing.

No playing with a state of genocide.

Expel "Israel" from FIFA and from all international sports institutions.