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I welcome the call from Lise Klaveness, President of the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF), for FIFA to urgently investigate Israel's violations of Palestinian rights and to consider sanctions against Israel. Lise Klaveness is cc'd in this email for information and to express my support for her and the NFF's position. I urge the Scottish Football Association (SFA) to end its shameful silence on this burning issue. In matters of genocide, institutional silence equals complicity. The SFA should articulate Scottish public opinion and endorse the Norwegian Football Federation position. Israel's crime of genocide includes the killing of hundreds of Palestinian players and destruction of facilities. These crimes take place in the context of what the International Court of Justice (ICJ) calls South Africa's 'plausible' case of genocide against Israel. An October 10 UN report condemns Israel's 'extermination' of Palestinians using starvation, disease, destruction of health facilities and the exposure of families to freezing cold while living amidst the rubble of their homes. SFA's shame is all the deeper in the light of the Norwegian call. I ask that you confirm that the SFA will end its silence and publicly support the growing demand for an enquiry into Israel's brutality that violates every notion of human rights and multiple FIFA rules. I look forward to your reply.