How should Israel feel about the 2022 Qatar World Cup? - opinion

We shouldn’t be willing to accept anti-Israel signage as an acceptable default to shrug off. Where were the FIFA officials enforcing the no-politics rules at the World Cup?

MOROCCO’S DEFENDER #18 Jawad El Yamiq waves the Palestinian flag after his team won the World Cup match against Canada, in Doha, Dec. 1.

MOROCCO’S DEFENDER #18 Jawad El Yamiq waves the Palestinian flag after his team won the World Cup match against Canada, in Doha, Dec. 1.

(photo credit: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

ByBARBARA SOFER

DECEMBER 30, 2022 22:17

Updated: DECEMBER 30, 2022 22:26

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