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Palestine, football and Europe’s selective conscience
['Mehdi Editor']
Middle East Monitor
Europe hid behind the absence of a final judgment from the International Court of Justice.
The orders and findings of the International Court of Justice were not enough.
READ: Palestine Football Association says FIFA failed to enforce rules against IsraelAnd then football was touchedIn July 2026, FIFA unveiled a plan to move the commercial rights connected to the World Cup and other tournaments into a new subsidiary and sell a minority stake to private investors.
Europe’s sudden moral clarity over football exposes what its paralysis on Palestine has concealed.
This is what Palestine has revealed: Europe is not blind to war crimes, crimes against humanity, apartheid or genocide.