Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Asian Football Confederation President and FIFA Executive Committee member Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has denounced the Israeli army’s search of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) headquarters in Jerusalem on Monday, describing it as intolerable and unacceptable.
The AFC President stated that the military breaking into the PFA headquarters is a dangerous precedent that requires the international sporting family to stand together and support the PFA in standing up to the systematic violations of the Israeli authorities.
Shaikh Salman affirmed that the AFC will start to coordinate with FIFA to study ways and mechanisms to put an end to the suffering of Palestinian football and send a tough message to the Israeli authorities to stop its attacks on various parts of the Palestinian footballing system.
He expressed confidence that the new incident will help galvanise Palestinian football in the face of the Israeli action, and that the nation will continue achieving great success such as the Palestine national team winning the recent AFC Challenge Cup and qualifying for the Asian Cup finals for the first time.