than one hundred sports and human rights associations representing millions of people across the globe have called on FIFA to demand that the Israeli Football Association immediately exclude teams based in illegal settlements, and for FIFA to suspend the association if it refuses to comply. As the pressure mounts on FIFA to respect its statutes, the Israeli government is using its embassies to push for removing the issue of settlement clubs from the Congress agenda altogether. We cant let that happen: teams based in illegal settlements and human rights violations have no place in the beautiful game.Take action now to pressure FIFA to respect its own statutes and Palestinian human rights:Join the Thunderclap to FIFA ahead of its upcoming Congress!Join the action on social media! See below sample tweets and memes to share. Use the hashtag #RedCardIsraelLets make sure FIFA and member federations get the message: settlement clubs and Apartheid have no place in the beautiful game. See additional actions you can take:Organize an action to deliver the letter to your national football association and FIFA Council members urging them to vote Israeli settlement teams out of FIFA. Email us to let us know of your planned action, and dont forget to take photos and video to share on social media!Urge sports personalities to take a public stand against the inclusion of Israeli settlement clubs in FIFA.Contact sports journalists in your country and encourage them to cover the storySample tweets:Hey @FIFAcom, its time to kick settlement clubs out of the beautiful game!Ken Loach, Richard Falk, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro urge @FIFAcom to expel Israeli settlement clubsOrganizations representing millions call out @FIFAcom for double standard on Israeli settlement clubs Former footballer Juan Carlos Oblitas to @FIFAcom: No country can be above the UN rulings on Israeli settlementsOn Israeli settlement clubs, @FIFAcom is running afoul of its own commitment to respect human rightsSports associations, trade unions criticize @FIFAcom for selective enforcement of rules re: Israeli settlement clubsIsrael uses the beautiful game to whitewash violations of international law as @FIFAcom shamefully stands byLeading arts world figures urge Radiohead to cancel Israel gig Israel imposed closure on Occupied West Bank & Gaza Strip for "independence day". The closure - which only applies to Palestinians, not Israeli settlers - will last 72 hours.Collective punishment & apartheid in action.Israel trancou a Cisjordania e a Faixa de Gaza durante "dia da independencia", que celebra 50 anos de espoliacao, repressao e opressao dos palestinos nos territorios ocupados.O bloqueio - que se restringe aos palestinos e nao aos colonos israelenses - durara 72 horas.Punicao coletiva & apartheid em pleno vapor. Marking the festival of liberation as the occupation hits 50Ilan Pappe: The Myth of Israel "The concept of partition that started this crime [Israeli occupation and colonization of Palestine] wave will not be solved through a two-state solution", which the Israeli professor argues is simply another form of partition. As long as the colonialist attitude persists, Israel will never enjoy moral legitimacy. Peace is not a matter of demographic change, nor a redrawing of maps. It is the elimination of racist ideology