Rebuffing Palestinians, FIFA says it’s ‘not a playground’ for politics – PA turns to Court of Arbitration for Sport after world soccer body rejects plea to sanction Israel for teams playing in West Bank | Times of Israel

Jibril Rajoub at a press conference in Ramallah, February 12, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90) Unrelenting Palestinian efforts to have Israel sanctioned by FIFA over Israeli soccer clubs’ activity in the West Bank have deeply angered the world soccer organization, according to a Tuesday report from Hadashot news (formerly Channel 2).