Fifa ‘negeert schaamteloos internationaal recht’

Mensenrechtenorganisaties hebben het besluit van de Fifa om niks te doen flink gekraakt. Fairsquare noemde de houding van de bond in deze kwestie ‘vanaf het eerste moment laf en niet oprecht’. Steve Cockburn, plaatsvervangend directeur van Amnesty International, zei dat de Fifa “faalt in het handhaven van zijn eigen reglementen en het internationaal recht op schaamteloze wijze negeert”.

Niet alleen Fairsquare en Amnesty stellen dat het klip-en-klaar is dat de Westelijke Jordaanoever Palestijns grondgebied is. Vorig jaar schreef een groep prominente academici, historici en juristen, onder wie hoogleraren internationaal recht, al een brief aan de Fifa over wedstrijden in Israëlische nederzettingen op de Jordaanoever. Volgens de ondertekenaars, onder wie ook Israëliërs, was er sprake van een illegale bezetting door Israël.

En dus hoefde de Fifa zich volgens hen helemaal niet bezig te houden met de precieze juridische status van het gebied, maar met de vraag of Israëlische clubs in nederzettingen door zouden moeten gaan met het spelen van wedstrijden.
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https://www.trouw.nl/sport/fifa-geeft-de-palestijnse-voetbalbond-het-nakijken-in-ruzie-over-israelische-clubs-op-de-westoever~b72ebb9e/

#FIFA #football #sport #palestine #westbank #israel #colonizers #settlers #landgrab

RE: https://mastodon.social/@villebooks/116283340263152953

"Israeli Archaeology, Land Theft, and the ‘Greater Israel’ Project: The Case of al-Burnat (‘Ebal’)
by Archaeologists Against Apartheid"#Genocide #Apartheid #IsraelWarCrimes #SettlerViolence #LandGrab #EthnicCleansing #Archaeology

And this time around, Trump has plenty of support in Congress for overthrowing Cuba’s legitimate rulers. Only the war with Iran, he says, affects the timeline for dealing with Cuba. Should Trump fail to achieve any of his objectives in Iran, as now seems likely, he may be more determined than ever to seek a “win” in #Cuba . #USpoll #Iran #Colonialism #LandGrab #Venezuela #WarCriems #IllegalSanctions

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/24/cuba-is-trumps-next-imperial-project/

As the Trump administration continues to bombard Iran, a top Pentagon official revealed that U.S. wars in the Western Hemisphere are also expanding, unveiling an effort dubbed “Operation Total Extermination.”
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/23/trump-operation-total-extermination-ecuador-colombia-cuba/
(...)Trump’s wars in the Americas also appeared to be morphing into a new “forever conflict” with no clear goal or “end point.”

#Cuba #USpol #Venezuela #LatinAmerica #ForeverWars #Colonialism #Ecuador #LandGrab

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/23/trump-operation-total-extermination-ecuador-colombia-cuba/

#israel #palestine : #westbank / #opt / #landgrab / #settlers / #expulsion / #violence / #impunity / #uno

„A report released on Tuesday by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said the Israeli government has accelerated the expansion of unlawful settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing more than 36,000 Palestinians amid escalating violence by Israeli security forces and settlers.“

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-03-17/Israeli-settlement-expansion-fuels-Palestinian-displacement-UN-report-1LAL5NZhJTi/p.html

“Everywhere here has heritage. It’s just an excuse to expand settlements and take Palestinian land.”
#Zionism #Gaza #Genocide #WesternComplicity #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState #LandGrab #Colonialism

https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-expanding-control-in-west-bank-under-guise-of-heritage-preservation/

Gates Net Zero Land Grab

#BillGates #NetZero #LandGrab #Actual #SeedControl #LocalFarmers

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"The ‘fairytale’
In Norway, the narrative after the accords has been used to portray the kingdom as a peace-nurturing nation.

But in reality the agreement has been a failure and a catastrophe for the Palestinian people, as Israel’s settler colonisation continues with impunity and tens of thousands of Palestinians are killed in Gaza and the West Bank."
#Gaza #Palestine #Oslo #Genocide #LandGrab #EthnicCleansing #WesternComplicity

The Small English Town Swept Up in the Global AI Arms Race

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-small-english-town-swept-up-in-the-global-ai-arms-race/