“All countries that have qualified to participate in the 2023 FIFA World Cup U-20 will be welcome to play,” said Amali. “We need to separate sports from politics, that’s why FIFA has told us that any country that passes must be able to play in Indonesia. So, no problem.”
Currently, Israel is the Group B runner-up in the 2022 U-20 European Cup. Israel has collected four points from two matches and will play a decisive match against England.
Indonesia in the past rejected to play against Israel at the 1958 World Cup qualifier. At that time, Indonesia advanced to the second round in the Asia-Africa zone, in the same group as Israel, Egypt and Sudan.