Antisemitism watchdog calls on Trump's World Cup task force, FIFA to put stop to anti-Israel soccer campaign

Stop Antisemitism laminitis Liora Rez called connected FIFA and the White House's FIFA World Cup 2026 Task Force to enactment a halt to the "Show Israel the Red Card" run up of the planetary shot tournament.

The run began successful February astatine a UEFA Champions League lucifer successful Scotland. Celtic FC fans unfurled a banner that called connected FIFA and UEFA, the confederation that Israel is simply a portion of, to punish the country’s nationalist squad implicit its effect successful Gaza to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 violent attacks. There was nary punishment against Celtic FC oregon its fans for the banner.

Since then, CBC reported that the run has dispersed crossed different European countries, including Italy, Spain and Belgium, on with Brazil, Chile, Malaysia and Tunisia.

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A emblem is seen arsenic Celtic fans show a banner stating "Show Israel the Red Card," connected Feb. 12, 2025. (Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith)

Rez said FIFA has done thing to combat the issue.

"We’ve seen perfectly nothing, which is truthful alarming," she told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "We’ve seen the caput of FIFA accidental and do, again, perfectly nothing. We’ve seen nary of the fans beryllium penalized oregon removed from the games holding up these signs. So again, we privation the task unit that President Trump acceptable up to measurement successful up of clip and beryllium proactive and say, no, this isn’t invited successful the United States. This isn’t gonna alert here."

Rez added that FIFA President Gianni Infantino should instrumentality a "strong stand" against the campaign.

"I deliberation it has to beryllium eradicated immediately," she said. "Gianni Infantino needs to instrumentality a beardown basal and say, ‘Bigotry and bias against the world’s lone Jewish state is not invited successful immoderate benignant of enactment I’m heading.’ He has yet to bash that. 

"And due to the fact that helium hasn’t, we’re calling connected President Trump’s task unit to measurement successful and request that this benignant of, again, bias and isolation and vilification of Israel is conscionable not invited successful the United States. Americans aren’t going to basal for it."

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Banners are seen arsenic Osasuna fans show a banner stating "Show Israel the Red Card," connected Feb. 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Vincent West)

Fox News Digital reached retired to FIFA and UEFA for comment.

President Donald Trump tapped Andrew Giuliani, the lad of erstwhile New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, arsenic the enforcement manager of the task force.

In March, Trump signed an enforcement bid establishing the task unit for the soccer tournament, which volition beryllium hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Trump volition service arsenic the seat of the task force, portion Vice President JD Vance volition service arsenic the vice chair. As the enforcement director, Giuliani volition beryllium tasked with managing and overseeing regular operations. 

Trump besides announced Tuesday that Carlos Cordeiro, a FIFA elder advisor, volition service arsenic a elder advisor connected the task force. 

The task unit was created to pb national efforts successful enactment of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

A White House authoritative told Fox News Digital connected Thursday that task unit does not enactment immoderate benignant of connection to exclude Israel from the World Cup.

President Donald Trump, right, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino speech successful the Oval Office of the White House aft signing an enforcement bid for a task unit related to the FIFA World Cup successful Washington, D.C., connected March 7, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

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"We anticipation that Andrew Giuliani, arsenic caput of this task force, truly steps successful and works with Gianni Infantino to say, ‘This rhetoric is not invited here, you request to marque a statement. And we’re not going to beryllium welcoming antisemites, anti-Westerners, anti-American, pro-terror individuals, whether they’re fans oregon players, into this country,’" Rez said.

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