Paul Pogba among 70 athletes calling on Uefa to ban Israel

Seventy elite sports stars, including footballer Paul Pogba, have signed a letter demanding that UEFA suspend Israel from international football. Organized by campaign groups, the letter urges the sporting body not to participate in the normalization of what it terms genocide, apartheid, and crimes against humanity. The call for suspension is supported by similar motions from other UEFA members like Ireland, Norway, and Turkey. The letter also cites the participation of teams from illegal settlements in occupied Palestine in Israeli leagues as a violation of international law.