{"id":786,"date":"2026-01-11T10:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aidacommittee.org\/ar\/?p=786"},"modified":"2026-01-11T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:31:29","slug":"fifa-save-our-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aidacommittee.org\/ar\/?p=786&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"FIFA: Save our pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>FIFA: Save our pitch<\/h1>\n<div class=\"cols col-2-blocks\">\n<div class=\"col col-rt\">\n<div id=\"block-sign-the-petition\" class=\"block block-ribbontitle block-style-2 form-sign-ajax\">\n<div class=\"block-inner\">\n<div class=\"title-ribbon\"><a class=\"title\" name=\"top\"><\/a>Sign the petition<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"content-top\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-mid\">\n<h3>To Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA and Aleksander \u010ceferin, President of UEFA:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>We call on you to urgently intervene to stop the demolition of Aida refugee camp\u2019s football pitch and protect Palestinian children\u2019s right to play. Football is for everyone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr class=\"block-line-separator not-cl\" \/>\n<div id=\"control\" class=\"form-sign\">\n<div class=\"suporter-otherwise not-cl form-signajax-email-title\"><b>Enter your email address:<\/b><\/div>\n<form id=\"petition-form\" class=\"form-style-2\" action=\"https:\/\/secure.avaaz.org\/campaign\/en\/don_t_bulldoze_our_pitch_v2\/\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" method=\"post\" name=\"petition-form\">\n<div class=\"container form-signajax-email-container\">\n<div class=\"textwrapper labeloverlaywrapper\"><input id=\"petition-form-Email\" class=\"form-text\" name=\"Email\" pattern=\"^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&amp;'*+\\\/=?^_&#96;\\{\\|\\}\\~\\-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)+$\" required=\"required\" type=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-form-fields-container\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"action-sign-submit-block\"><button class=\"campaign-button campaign-button--block-xs\" type=\"submit\">SIGN<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message privacy-policy-block\">By continuing you agree to receive Avaaz emails. 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You can unsubscribe at any time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-btm\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-petition-live-feed\" class=\"block block-ribbontitle block-scroller\">\n<div class=\"block-inner block\">\n<div class=\"title-ribbon\">\n<h2 class=\"title\">Recent signers<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"content-top\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-mid\">\n<ul id=\"petition-scroller\">\n<li id=\"bc639f40fc58cb88df2c4e447703f51bc3096656\">\n<div class=\"time-ago\" data-timestamp=\"1768115740\">12 minutes ago<\/div>\n<div class=\"flag\">\n<div class=\"flag-place\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<p class=\"person\"><big>Heba E.<\/big>\u00a0<span class=\"country\">United States of America<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"3eb9af9586cc2fec8791dcedde9bed515f61f2f4\">\n<div class=\"time-ago\" data-timestamp=\"1768115734\">13 minutes ago<\/div>\n<div class=\"flag\">\n<div class=\"flag-place\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<p class=\"person\"><big>Ieulia<\/big>\u00a0<span class=\"country\">France<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"de2256785c57c57d81807433dabdbe0eb68d78f7\">\n<div class=\"time-ago\" data-timestamp=\"1768115706\">13 minutes ago<\/div>\n<div class=\"flag\">\n<div class=\"flag-place\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<p class=\"person\"><big>Robert L.<\/big>\u00a0<span class=\"country\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"a170202875e2af4b95aacc2e6885efd995ffa753\">\n<div class=\"time-ago\" data-timestamp=\"1768115625\">14 minutes ago<\/div>\n<div class=\"flag\">\n<div class=\"flag-place\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<p class=\"person\"><big>Emelie G.<\/big>\u00a0<span class=\"country\">Sweden<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"63a558923bb3f1c752b68ca79cc20a4a0fb10f92\">\n<div class=\"time-ago\" data-timestamp=\"1768115623\">14 minutes ago<\/div>\n<div class=\"flag\">\n<div class=\"flag-place\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<p class=\"person\"><big>Lolita B.<\/big>\u00a0<span class=\"country\">Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-btm\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-lt\">\n<div id=\"node-[node name]\" class=\"node node-article\">\n<div class=\"node-inner block-inner\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"focus-photo-feature\" class=\"photo-head wide\">\n<div class=\"wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.avaaz.org\/56501-image-3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"FIFA: Save our pitch\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"node-campaign-counter\" class=\"node counter-ui counter-94e0dcb7aa2d4a4fa8d6d004f93af9ad\">\n<div class=\"node-inner\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"campaign-counter\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"progressbar\">\n<div class=\"progresstop\">\n<div class=\"progresstop-text\"><span class=\"progress-target\">500,000<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"progressbottom progress-move\">\n<div class=\"progressbottom-text progress-inline\"><span class=\"progress-data\">325,065<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"progress-data\">325,065<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"progress-text\">have signed. Let&#8217;s get to<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"progress-target-additional\">500,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"margin_left_campaign\">\n<article>&#8220;We\u2019re writing from the Aida refugee camp, near Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our football pitch means the world to us<\/strong>. It&#8217;s where we train, laugh, and feel like kids.<\/p>\n<p>This pitch is where we can forget, even for a moment, about the separation wall, watchtowers, the military base, and checkpoints. Hundreds of children and young people come here to train with Aida Youth Center\u2019s Aida Football Academy.\u00a0<strong>It\u2019s a rare place of safety<\/strong>\u00a0amid weekly Israeli military incursions, often involving tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But now, Israeli authorities want to take it from us, and bulldozers could arrive at any moment to destroy it.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have less than a week \u2013 and you can help:<strong>\u00a0If millions of people around the world speak up, football fans, players, and athletes will follow<\/strong>. People like Infantino (FIFA) and \u010ceferin (UEFA) won\u2019t be able to look away anymore. When the football world pays attention, FIFA, UEFA and governments listen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign now and share our call to Gianni Infantino &amp; Aleksander \u010ceferin.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The children of Aida camp near Bethlehem, with Aida Youth Center and Avaaz<\/em><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA: Save our pitch Sign the petition To Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA and Aleksander \u010ceferin, President of UEFA: We call on you to urgently intervene to stop the demolition of Aida refugee camp\u2019s football pitch and protect Palestinian children\u2019s right to play. Football is for everyone. 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