The Jewish Leadership Council has applauded the decision to drop the proposal to suspend the Israel Football Association at the Fifa Congress.
JLC chief executive Simon Johnson, who led the English FA’s 2018 World Cup bid, welcomed “the decision of the Palestinian Football Association to withdraw its vindictive and politically motivated proposal to suspend the Israel Football Association from world football.
“As a result, the Fifa Congress will not be required to vote on this matter. I call on Fifa to amend its statutes so that it is never again possible for one football association to threaten the suspension of another for political reasons and for such a proposal to go on the agenda of the Fifa Congress as soon as possible.”
He added that “football is about unity and peace and my call on Fifa aims to ensure this remains the case”.
