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The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump says it will work to keep Israel from being banned from the 2026 men’s World Cup. Israel’s participation in global soccer has been questioned in the past week, with the United Nations calling on FIFA and UEFA, the respective governing bodies of world and European soccer, to suspend the nation from their competitions. …

Sep 25, 2025, 09:11 AM ET European soccer body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend its member federation Israel over the war in Gaza, people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday. A majority of the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) 20-member executive committee is expected to support any vote in favor of suspending …

Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal. Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service …

GENEVA (AP) — European soccer body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend its member federation Israel over the war in Gaza, people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday. A majority of UEFA’s 20-member executive committee is expected to support any vote in favor of suspending Israeli teams from international play, two sources told The …

There has been an increase in calls to ban Israel from sporting competition since the UN’s report. And it comes amid reports that Uefa could vote on whether to suspend Israel next week. Uefa has said that no meeting is currently planned. Israel are third in their World Cup qualifying group – organised by Uefa – on nine points, six …

Jerry Greenfield, one of two founders of the iconic progressive ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, has stepped down citing political pressure from the brand’s parent company, Unilever. The Ben & Jerry’s brand has clashed with Unilever over Israel in recent years, and Greenfield’s co-founder Ben Cohen has been a vocal critic of Israel’s war in Gaza. But Greenfield’s resignation …

Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea, about a Palestinian boy, will be Israel‘s entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 98th Academy Awards after it won Best Film in the country’s Ophir Awards on Tuesday evening. Under Israel’s protocol, the winner of the Best Film Ophir is automatically put forward as Israel’s Oscar candidate. The film follows Khaled, a …

Gov’t says it will cut Film Academy funding after film ‘depicting Israel negatively’ wins  Haaretz Israeli Culture Minister Defunds National Film Awards After Palestinian Drama Takes Top Prize  The Hollywood Reporter Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar Says Pulling Funding For Ophir Awards After Palestinian Drama Wins Top Prize  Deadline Israel Submits ‘The Sea’ for the Oscars International Feature Race  Variety Government cuts off funding …

Some broadcasters have rowed in behind the EBU’s current stance that the competition should remain apolitical.   Germany’s umbrella organization of regional broadcasters, ARD, will support whatever decision the EBU makes, said SWR (the regional broadcaster in charge of organizing Germany’s Eurovision participation) in a statement to POLITICO. An SWR spokesperson said Eurovision is a “competition organized by broadcasters, not …

Spain has become the fifth country to confirm it will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year if Israel is permitted to compete. Spanish broadcaster RTVE said its board had approved the measure, proposed by its president Jose Pablo Lopez, with an absolute majority in a vote on Tuesday. In a statement, it said there were 10 votes …