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- Irish Football Association officials said they feel uncomfortable playing Israel in the upcoming UEFA qualifier.
- The Irish FA voted 93% to ask UEFA to suspend Israel, then 68% to play the matches.
- Coach Heimir Hallgrímsson said “we are not playing with genocide, we are playing against genocide.”
- Israel Football Association called Hallgrímsson’s comment “stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy.”