Posted on 09/28/2025 8:08:44 AM PDT by Twotone
Who?
Are they afraid that Israel will beat Norway and Italy in upcoming World Cup qualifiers?
Idiots or commies or Nazis or all three. The way you defeat Jerusalem is to beat the Israeli team on the soccer field. . Which is, after all, why you exist, to play ball
Ban Israel? Then ban the World Cup from our shores.
A brief search told me palestine is not a member of this org. but they do try to exert influence.
Not dissimilar to what the world’s commie trash did to SAfrica before the commie trash piece of crappola Mandela took power and destroyed the nation.
Must have been a very brief search
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_AFC_third_round#Group_B
Nope. Do it again.note the letters in the title of this thread
Use a precise search. You will find out I am right. If you find something contrary please post as an update. It is pertinent to the Israel ban.
I agree, and I've been to a World Cup and love soccer.
You are correct, I noticed after I posted that you probably meant UEFA specifically rather than FIFA.
Yes, Israel has been doing pretty well in the 2026 World Cup match games...
They have qualified for the World Cup only once.
Italy is terrible. A shadow of their former greatness.
Not dissimilar to what the world’s commie trash did to SAfrica before the commie trash piece of crappola Mandela took power and destroyed the nation.
Italy isn't doing well as a nation.
No wonder their soccer team sucks.
hi!
I wouldn’t expect Jerusalem to win the World Cup but it has won several games with some other smaller nations this year (Estonia, Slovakia, Moldova...). I’d expect the larger and more soccer-oriented countries to continue to compete for the actual championship (Argentina, Mexico or Brasil maybe, and a couple of the larger European countries...). Israel recenty lost 5 to 4 with Italy which places Israel just outside the qualifying rank. Not near the top to be sure but still too shabby a game given Italy has maybe 7X the population...smiles smiles.
Now, when it comes to chess.....
smiles smiles
yes, well...imaginary places seldom win at tangible, real-world events
WTF? Israel has the right, as a sovereign nation, to defend itself. We would have done the same.
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