John Oliver explains some of the reasons why FIFA sucks & why the World Cup should not be in Qatar

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On the season finale of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver discuses a few of the reasons that FIFA should not have been awarded the World Cup to Qatar including:

• rumors that some of the officials who voted for Qatar to host each received $1 million bribes
• journalists being harassed/threatened
• the weather which is so hot that the World Cup was moved to

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[altheablue]

Actually, I heard it from an irl in Tel Aviv, but now that I googled it, it looks like several Jewish organizations are claiming it happened but there's no official confirmation. As of yesterday though it was supposed to be allowed, and there have been some protests about it. I'm going to ask my friend where she heard it from! She's not local but some of her coworkers went *shrug* couldn't be me

Anyway, I also looked it up online and it looks like there was no "official" backtracking, just that some people arrived and found that they couldn't get kosher food / didn't feel comfortable praying in public. The Jerusalem post asked Qatari official sources for confirmation and it sounds a bit wishy-washy, like "it should be available but only if X people are there, maybe" and it's probs not a good enough guarantee for those folks who are stricter about needing kosher certified.

https://m.jpost.com/international/article-722891.

EDIT: fwiw my friend and her cowokers are all from the US, they're all Jewish but have an American passport so there's that.

[margo_girl]

Thanks for the link.