[Sabramerican]

Do you know why the Israelis don't qualify?

The preliminaries are regional. Israel should be playing Egypt and Jordan and Iran and Saudi Arabia, etc.

But the Arabs refuse to play against Israel. So are the Arabs considered to have forfeit? Of course not. rules change where Israel is concerned.

Israel is pushed to play the European powerhouses instead.

[GAB-1955]

No, they don't. They play in the Oceanian division, against Australia and a couple of other states. Of course, watching how the Socceroos did against Os Canharios yesterday, I can see why Israel stayed home.

I wish there were more World Cup-quality soccer on. The only soccer worth watching is World Cup/Premier League/Serie A/Bundesliga. The rest, including MLS, can be boring.

[PRePublic]

Arab racism.

[RodgerD]