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Times Square Campaign Urges European Soccer to Bar Israel After U.N. Genocide Finding

Organizers cite a U.N. inquiry's genocide finding to justify calls for suspensions.

A billboard in Times Square displays the message "Soccer Federations: Boycott Israel" 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, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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, U.S., September 16, 2025. Israel is fighting a genocide case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague and has rejected such accusations, citing its right to self-defense following the deadly October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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Overview

  • A coalition led by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee launched the #GameOverIsrael campaign with a Times Square billboard.
  • The campaign urges federations in Belgium, England, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Scotland and Spain to refuse fixtures with Israel and bar Israeli players from domestic leagues.
  • Organizers seek to force FIFA and UEFA suspensions by replicating the federations-first boycotts that preceded Russia’s 2022 bans.
  • The billboard used the word “genocide” after the vendor reviewed a U.N. Commission of Inquiry report that reached that conclusion, which Israeli officials rejected as false.
  • FIFA and UEFA have not announced action, and Israel remains third in World Cup qualifying Group I as New York prepares to host eight 2026 matches including the final.