Overview

• Multiple outlets report a majority of UEFA’s 20-member executive committee is ready to back suspension, with a decision expected next week.
• If UEFA suspends Israel, it would remove national and club sides from European competitions, erase recent World Cup qualifying results, and reshape Group I standings.
• The U.S. State Department says it will work to stop any effort to bar Israel from the 2026 World Cup, highlighting that only FIFA controls World Cup eligibility as its council convenes on 2 October.
• Turkey’s federation publicly urged FIFA and UEFA to suspend Israel, becoming the first UEFA member association to call for a ban as political pressure on football bodies escalates.
• Israeli officials are lobbying to avert sanctions and could appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with World Cup qualifiers versus Norway on 11 October and Italy on 14 October still scheduled.