The Australian Jewish Association has asked the FFA to withdraw from the game in protest
Football Federation Australia (FFA) have received a request from the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) for the Socceroos not to play their second Asian Cup group match against Palestine.
The AJA, who claim to be a not-for-profit community organisation, has asked for the boycott due to their belief that the Asian Football Confederation should not have admitted Palestine as a member and the AFC’s ‘antisemitic’ expulsion of Israel in 1974.
“The Australian national football team (“the Socceroos”) should not play “Palestine” in the Asian Confederation Cup 2019 this Friday, 11 January 2019 in the United Arab Emirates,” a press release from the AJA read.
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