Advocacy groups call for European ban on Israel football team and players in Times Square billboard

Advocacy groups call for European ban on Israel football team and players in Times Square billboard

A billboard in Times Square displays the message "Israel is committing genocide" as part of the campaign by Game Over Israel calling for a boycott of Israel by national soccer federations over the war in Gaza, in New York City

A coalition of advocacy organisations and fan groups called on European soccer federations to boycott Israel in a billboard in New York's Times Square that went live on Tuesday, kicking off the #GameOverIsrael campaign months ahead of the World Cup.

New York is set to host eight matches in the World Cup next year, including the final. Canada and Mexico are co-hosting the quadrennial international competition with the United States.

The campaign calls on soccer fede