FIFA concerned about detention of Palestine players
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has expressed grave concern over reports that several Palestine players have been illegally detained in Israel.
Blatter had written to the Israel Football Association and asked it to draw the attention of Israeli authorities to the matter, FIFA said in a statement.
“FIFA President Joseph Blatter expressed today grave concern and worry about the alleged illegal detention of Palestine football players,” the statement said. ...
See the whole story here, courtesy of Al Arabiya news.
Kicking Back Comments: Please let me be clear, my ONLY comment here is FIFA may want to seriously rethink getting involved in this one. I recognize that we are dealing with football players here and FIFA feels the need to get involved. I don't need to say that there is a much wider canvas to this particular issue, well beyond football, and it is my sense based on FIFA's bungling in the past, they should just sit this one out and let the two countries sort it out themselves. They eventually will.
Does Sepp really think, really, any of the involved parties are going to listen to him on this one?
Ego thy name is Sepp.
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