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Football Players Protest Against the European Under-21 Championship Being Held in Israel

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Israel, Citizen Media, Ethnicity & Race, Governance, History, Humanitarian Response, Sport, War & Conflict, Youth

Pambazuka.org published a letter [1] [fr] from players addressed to the president of FIFA, Joseph S. Blatter :

Some sixty professional footballers, for the most part African, wrote a letter to UEFA in protest at the decision to entrust Israel with the organisation of the European Under-21 Football Championship (June 5-18, 2013). In doing so, they argue, European football is turning a blind eye to the recent Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.