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Anti-Semitism Founder Riola Rez stops calling for FIFA and the White House FIFA World Cup The 2026 Task Force suspended its “View Israeli Red Cards” campaign ahead of the Global Football Tournament.
The campaign began in February with a UEFA Champions League match in Scotland. Celtic FC fans have spread out banners called FIFA and UEFAan alliance that Israel is part of, to punish the country’s national team for its response to Hamas’ October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks. There were no penalties for Celtic FC or its fans for the banner.
since then, CBC reported The campaign, along with Brazil, Chile, Malaysia and Tunisia, spreads to other European countries, including Italy, Spain and Belgium.
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A flag will be seen displaying a banner where Celtic fans say on February 12, 2025, “Show us the Israeli Red Card.” (Action image via Reuters/Lee Smith)
Rez said FIFA has done nothing to fight the issue.
“We definitely haven’t seen anything, but that’s really amazing,” she told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. “Looking what the FIFA head says, he’s not doing anything again. No fans will be punished or removed from the game that holds these signs. So they want a task force that President Trump is stepping in and aggressive in advance, and this is not welcome in America.
Rez added that FIFA President Gianni Infantino should take a “strong position” against the campaign.
“I think we need to eradicate it soon,” she said. “Gianni Infantino needs to take a strong position and say, “The bias and prejudice against the world’s only Jewish country is not welcome in any type of organization I’m heading.” He hasn’t done it yet.
“And because he’s not doing that, we’re asking President Trump’s task force to demand that this kind of bias and isolation and Israel’s isolation and slander in the United States, and Americans are not going to support it.”
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The banner will display a banner on February 15th, 2025 saying “Show me the Israeli Red Card.” (Reuters/Vincent West)
Fox News Digital reached out to FIFA and UEFA for comment.
president Donald Trump He tapped Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
In March, Trump signed an executive order establishing a task force Soccer tournament, Hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico. Trump will chair the task force, and Vice President JD Vance will serve as vice-chairman. As executive director, Giuliani will be responsible for managing and overseeing everyday tasks.
Trump also announced Tuesday that FIFA Senior Advisor Carlos Cordeiro will serve as the task force’s senior advisor.
The task force was created to lead the federal efforts to support the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
White House officials told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the task force did not support any kind of proposal to exclude Israel from the World Cup.
President Donald Trump speaks in the White House oval office after signing the executive order of the task force related to the FIFA World Cup held in Washington, DC on March 7, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP)
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“This task force, Andrew Giuliani, head of this task force, worked with Gianni Infantino to say, “This rhetoric is not welcome here. There is no need to make a statement.
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