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The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/cvelz on 2025-09-20 06:12:30+00:00.
“Israel Hayom” learned this evening (Friday) that the Qataris are applying tremendous pressure to bring Israel’s expulsion to a vote as early as this coming Tuesday at UEFA’s executive committee meeting, and have been working on all fronts over the past week to rally a majority.
Currently, it appears that among the 20 voting members, there is an overwhelming majority for Israel’s expulsion, with only two or three countries expressing strong opposition to Israel’s removal from European frameworks. The Israel Football Association is working around the clock to prevent this and is enlisting all of Israel’s friends at both the sporting and diplomatic levels.
The reason for the clear and immediate danger are the voices coming from within UEFA about the apparent expulsion of Israeli football this coming Tuesday at UEFA’s executive committee meeting. Currently, a behind-the-scenes battle is taking place to prevent this from coming to a vote. However, Qatari pressure began after the failed elimination in Israel’s country, and they are deploying all their artillery to get Israel expelled.
Now the Israeli struggle is to prevent this from coming to a vote, because if there is a vote, Israeli football understands: our story in Europe is over for the near future. On Wednesday, after Rosh Hashanah [Jewish New Year], Maccabi Tel Aviv is supposed to begin its European League campaign away against PAOK Thessaloniki.
A senior source in the Football Association told “Israel Hayom”: “We are working on this on all fronts. Shino Zuaretz and Moran Meiri are working around the clock and it is being handled. No one at the association is sleeping on guard duty.”