Overview

• After a council meeting in Zurich, President Gianni Infantino reiterated that FIFA "cannot solve geopolitical problems" and took no action to suspend Israel.
• Infantino met Palestinian Football Association chief Jibril Rajoub at FIFA headquarters and praised the PFA’s resilience in a post that did not mention Israel by name.
• FIFA confirmed two ongoing cases with no timetable: a disciplinary investigation into alleged discrimination by the Israeli FA and a governance review of clubs said to be based in Palestinian territory.
• FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani said any suspension decision rests first with UEFA, as calls to bar Israeli teams continued from federations such as Norway and Turkey and from Amnesty International.
• Israel’s men’s team remains scheduled to play 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Norway on Oct. 11 in Oslo and Italy on Oct. 14 in Udine, with home fixtures staged in Hungary.