Overview
- Media accounts say the executive committee will decide next week whether to bar Israel’s national team and clubs from UEFA competitions.
- Any UEFA action would place Israel’s 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign at risk, though consequences within FIFA are not automatic.
- Israel’s sports minister Miki Zohar says he is working with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop a suspension.
- Supporters of a ban point to the 2022 exclusion of Russia as a relevant precedent for football governance.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv, the lone Israeli side in this season’s Europa League, has faced protests at matches, including against PAOK in Greece.