Shafaqna English- Players often face fines and bans from FIFA for displaying political messages. But on Friday, the association’s chief Gianni Infantino handed Donald Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize and heaped praise on the United States President.
Critics pointed out that the award came less than 24 hours after the Trump administration carried out another deadly air strike in the Caribbean.
Craig Mokhiber, a former United Nations official who has campaigned to suspend Israel from world football over its genocidal war in Gaza, called the award to Trump a “truly shameful development”.
Infantino has refused to take action against Israel, arguing that football “cannot solve geopolitical” issues.
“Not satisfied with two years of FIFA complicity in genocide in Palestine, Infantino and his cronies have now invented a new ‘peace prize’ to curry favour with Donald Trump,” Mokhiber told Al Jazeera.
Sources: Aljazeera