The White House will look to stop “any effort” attempting to ban Israel from the 2026 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States.

The White House will look to stop “any effort” attempting to ban Israel from the 2026 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States.

A United Nations advisory panel this week urged both Fifa and Uefa to suspend Israel from competitive international football, and club teams from competition, due to the conflict in Gaza.

Fifa is yet to respond, despite Israel continuing to play scheduled World Cup qualifiers – they face Norway and Italy away from home in October before taking on Moldova at home in November.

Israeli Premier League team Maccabi Tel Aviv are participating in the Europa League, and played out a goalless draw with Greek si

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