Palestinians seek to force FIFA to rule on Israeli soccer clubs

The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) appealed to the world’s top sports court on Tuesday, seeking to force FIFA to rule on the future of Israeli soccer clubs playing in the West Bank. The case filed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is aimed at voiding a FIFA resolution, passed at its Congress last month, to push back a decision on the Israeli clubs until March 2018 at the latest. The PFA argues that the presence of six Israeli clubs in the West Bank is in breach of FIFA statutes, which forbids another member association playing on another territory without permission.
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