To the surprise of many, Gianni Infantinobosses of the FIFAparticipated in the Peace Summit in Loop which was held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Although only the world’s greatest political leaders were expected, the top soccer leader was present. After the ceasefire, the UN sent tons of humanitarian aid.
In fact, the Swiss shared the stage with donald trumppresident of USA. Infantino and trump They became great allies since 2018, when USA obtained the rights to the organization of the World Cup 2026.
The announcement marks an unprecedented precedent in the relationship between sport and international diplomacy, where the football leadership wants to establish itself as hope in one of the hardest hit regions on the planet.
What role did Infantino play in the Gaza Peace Summit?
In Sharm el Sheikh, the president of the FIFA highlighted the important role of football in creating new hopes in the region of Half East. Furthermore, he highlighted trump as the key man to reach the peaceful agreement and filled him with praise.
“President Trump’s role has been absolutely fundamental and crucial in this process. Without President Trump, there would be no peace; and now we can really write new pages: pages of unity, of peace; in a region that really, really needs it.”he assured.
Infantino pledged the governing body’s support to rebuild football infrastructure in Loop as part of broader post-war efforts following Monday’s peace summit. However, he did not reveal figures on the amount of money that FIFA will invest in Palestine.
“The role of football must be to support, unite and give hope to the region. In Gaza, in Palestine, of course, we will help rebuild all football facilities. We will help football return, together with the Palestinian Football Association, to every corner of the country. We will bring balls, we will build fields, we will bring instructors, we will help organize competitions and we will create a fund to help rebuild football infrastructure in Palestine”announced the president of FIFA.
Infantino added that the FIFA will contribute with mini fields and “FIFA stadiums” and will invite other partners to join the effort, saying that “football brings hope to children and it is very, very important.”
How the relationship between Infantino and Trump arose
The president of the FIFA and that of USA They started a company in 2018, when the North American country was designated the official host of the 2026 World Cup, after the scandal of FIFA-Gate.
This happened just after the Russia World Cupwhich was appointed by the previous leadership of the FIFA, but that Infantino did not back down and took the opportunity to get crumbs along with Vladimir Putin.
Over time, the relationship between Infantino and trump It grew, with repeated visits. To the point that the 1st of the FIFA he called him his “great friend” in 2020, at the Davos Forum, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland. The opposite case was with Joe Biden during his four years as US president: with the Democratic leader barely met once.
Already in the second presidency of Trump, coincided with the FIFA Club World Cup held in June in USAwhere Infantino He has been seen repeatedly with the American president. He even designated him as the person in charge of presenting the trophy to the champion at the celebrations.
Most recently, on August 22, Infantino was filmed inside the Oval Office after giving to trump a golden replica of the trophy FIFA World Cup.
After announcing an aid plan for Palestine, Infantino distances himself from a possible sanction against Israel
In recent weeks there has been a great controversy at the international level with pressure from different sectors for the FIFA sanction Israel and see your participation in the next World. All this due to the attacks carried out in the Gaza Strip.
However, the FIFA did not give rise to said claims. In turn, the entity that directs Infantino “kicked the ball” for the UEFA by ensuring that it is the European leaders themselves who must make the decision of whether or not to sanction Israel, since it is a member country of its confederation. The situation remained at an “impasse.”
Today, Israel He is third in his qualifying group for the World Cup 2026behind Norway and Italy.
The main organizing country, USAthrough its president, donald trumphas already assured that he will do everything he can so that the Israelis, if they qualify, can be in the World Cup which also has headquarters in Mexico and Canada.
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