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The Military Embargo is Here

Palestinian civil society has called for a military embargo against apartheid Israel since the founding of the BDS movement, and more explicitly since 2011. Ending military ties with Israel is not only a moral obligation. A comprehensive military embargo against a State guilty of illegal military occupation, apartheid and “plausible genocide” is not a matter of discretion but a legal obligation under international law. Failing to impose it puts multilateralism and the rule of international law in danger, at a critical time when the far-right is rising in the West and just with the fanatic US administration coming to power, exacerbating the damage caused to the credibility of international law by the current administration’s full partnership in Israel’s genocide.

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Take action: Pressure FIFA to make this Israel's #LastMatch

With 0 wins, Israel has already excluded itself, but FIFA should never have allowed Israel to play in the first place. As part of its Gaza genocide, Israel is also committing sporticide–the wanton killing of athletes and deliberate destruction of sports facilities. Among the 43,000 Palestinians Israel has killed in Gaza are more than 500 Palestinian athletes, including nearly 100 children.