FIFA is expected to vote on whether to suspend Israeli national teams and clubs from participating in international events on September 23. According to Israel Today, Qatar is putting great pressure to push the deportation into the voting process, and currently the overwhelming majority of the 20 voting member states are expected to support the deportation of Israel, only two or three countries are clearly opposed.

According to the report, the Israeli Football Association is making all-weather diplomatic efforts to try to prevent this issue from entering the voting agenda. Israeli officials admitted: "If we really enter the voting process, Israel's participation in European football (competitions) will end here, at least for the foreseeable future."

The report also said that since Israel's air strike on Doha, Qatar has increased pressure, and its officials are using all their influence to ensure that Israel is expelled from UEFA. In the past week, Qatar has carried out intensive lobbying efforts to ensure that most member countries support the expulsion of Israel from UEFA.

According to the schedule, Maccabi Tel Aviv will go to Greece to play the first Europa League match with Thessaloniki on September 23rd. Senior officials of the Israeli Football Association said: "We are working hard to deal with this matter in many ways, the problem is being dealt with, and no one in the Football Association slacks off."