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Irish Football Chief Reveals "Unspecified" UEFA Sanctions Forced Israel Match
How 2 Israeli newsrooms (in Arabic, Hebrew) covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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By الشمس رياضة
What happened
The head of the Irish Football Association revealed that "unspecified" UEFA sanctions, not direct threats, compelled Ireland to play a Nations League match against Israel. The Irish team protested the game symbolically due to the war in Gaza.
- 01UEFA sanctions, not direct threats, forced Ireland to play Israel.
- 02Irish players protested the match symbolically due to the Gaza war.
- 03Ireland's football association sought Israel's exclusion from UEFA.
- 04Other nations rejected Ireland's call for a unified boycott.
- 05The team voted secretly to play the controversial match.
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