FIFA President Opens Door to World Cup Co-Hosted by ‘Israel’, UAE
FIFA President Opens Door to World Cup Co-Hosted by Israel, UAE
FIFA President Gianni Infantino. (Photo: UN, via Wikimedia Commons)
By Romana Rubeo
The President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, raised the idea that Israel might co-host the World Cup in 2030, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced in a statement Tuesday.
During a meeting held between Bennett and Infantino, the latter floated the prospect “that Israel would host the World Cup in 2030, together with other countries in the region, led by the United Arab Emirates,” the statement read.
Infantino made these remarks while referring to the so-called Abraham Accords, the US-brokered normalization agreements signed last year between Israel ...










