A UN panel had urged the suspension of Israeli national teams and clubs over the “ongoing genocide” in Gaza

The European football governing body UEFA will not suspend Israeli national teams and clubs over the conflict in Gaza after encountering significant pushback from the US, the newspaper Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday.

The potential suspension of Israel is not on UEFA’s agenda thanks to the efforts of unspecified “Israeli and international diplomats, football association leaders, and sports officials,” as well as “American officials” who pressed the organization “not to upset the status quo,” according to the newspaper. The US is not a…

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