FIFA, football’s governing body, have announced a plan to address a Palestinian request to ban Israel from world football during a meeting held at their headquarters in Zurich on Thursday.

The FIFA Council has ordered investigations into alleged breaches of its rules by Israel. The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) had called for the suspension of its Israeli counterpart at FIFA’s Congress in May.

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Fifa will consider sanctions against the Israel Football Federation at a meeting on Thursday following a proposal made by the Palestine Football Association.

World football's governing body FIFA on Thursday gave no verdict either way on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel, but instead launched an investigation into allegations of discrimination.It decided that its disciplinary committee would be mandated to investigate the alleged offence of discrimination raised by the PFA.

Israel escaped being thrown out of world football on Thursday over its response to the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks but faces further investigations into its actions by Fifa.

World football’s governing body, FIFA, has deferred making a decision on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel during its council meeting on Thursday. Instead of issuing an immediate verdict, FIFA announced the launch of a committee investigation to guide its final decision.

FIFA has again delayed a decision on suspending Israel from its competitions. But world football's governing body did say an investigation would be launched in response to the Palestinian football association appeal.