Playing for identity and independence: the issue of Palestinian statehood and the role of FIFA

Duerr, Glen M.E.

doi:10.1080/14660970.2012.730768

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“…In 1994 the Ministry of Youth and Sports was established and national federations for respective sports followed suit. The newly established structures sought international recognition as part of a broader effort to legitimize the new state through participation in international sport bodies alongside other nation states: in 1995 Palestine became a provisional member of FIFA (extended to full membership in 1998) and the Palestinian Olympic Committee gained membership of the International Olympic Committee (for more see Duerr, 2012). The international sport organizations also became an important forum where Palestinians could draw attention to Israeli violations against their sportsmen, as well as to call for intervention on Palestine’s behalf (for more see MacLean, 2014).…”

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State, sport and resistance: A case of Palestinian sports clubs in the West Bank

Woroniecka-Krzyzanowska

2019

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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The article explores the intersections between sport, state and resistance in the context of military occupation and independence struggle. Based on a year of fieldwork in the local sports clubs in the West Bank, it analyses how sport may be used as a tool of resistance and state-building on the community level. For decades preceding the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994, sport and youth centres were important sites of socio-political mobilization and took an active part in the national effort to build structures independent from the Israeli occupation. Following the Oslo Accords, state-building became institutionalized and outsourced to the emergent central institutions of the Palestinian Authority. The article analyses this transition from the perspective of local clubs that went from being active actors of state-building through sport to being subjects of the Palestinian Authority’s efforts to consolidate its state-like powers. To understand how local sport activists made sense of these changes, the distinction between a bottom-up and a top-down approach to state-building through sport is made. The article aims to contribute to the ongoing debates on the use of sport in the service of nation state, by investigating the case of state-building through sport in the context of military occupation.

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State, sport and resistance: A case of Palestinian sports clubs in the West Bank

Woroniecka-Krzyzanowska

2019

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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“…The available history of Palestinian sport is more limited (Duerr, 2012;Khalidi, 2009Khalidi, , 2012Sorek, 2000Sorek, , 2013Stewart, 2012) due, in part, to the systematic destruction of historical and cultural records linked to the Palestinian people, with Chomsky (1999) suggesting a deliberate effort has been made to render Palestine and Palestinians invisible. Palestine (via the Palestinian National Authority) became a recognised member of the Olympic Council of Asia in 1986 with FIFA recognising Palestine in 1998, some 10 years before the UN offered it partial recognition and in doing so became involved in much wider political processes.…”

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Israel and a sports boycott: Antisemitic? Anti-Zionist?

Dart

2016

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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The paper identifies and summarises the debates that surround the place of Israel in international sport and assesses how that place is increasingly being contested. The long-standing conflict between Israel and Palestine has begun to manifest in the world of sport with the paper sketching the debates of those calling for, and those opposed to, sport sanctions/boycott of Israel until the 'Palestinian Question' is resolved. Five related tasks are addressed: first, to summarise the call for sanctions/boycott emanating from the Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions movement. Second, to explore how this call is establishing itself in the world of sport. The responses of those opposed to any form of sanction/boycott are then considered. The confusion that surrounds the term antisemitism is addressed and the relationship between (anti-) Zionism and antisemitism unpacked. The discussion concludes with an assessment of the claim made by the Israeli state, and its supporters, that any action against the country's participation in international sport would be an act of antisemitism. Offering a timely, integrated summary of the heated debates that surround the Israel/Palestine conflict, the paper contributes to a wider discussion on the relationship between sport and politics.

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The Rebellious Game: The Power of Football in the Middle East and North Africa between the Global and the Local

Busse

Wildangel

2023

The International Spectator

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Playing for identity and independence: the issue of Palestinian statehood and the role of FIFA

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

State, sport and resistance: A case of Palestinian sports clubs in the West Bank

State, sport and resistance: A case of Palestinian sports clubs in the West Bank

Israel and a sports boycott: Antisemitic? Anti-Zionist?

The Rebellious Game: The Power of Football in the Middle East and North Africa between the Global and the Local

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