<p>When the Irish football team was drawn against Israel last week, many people in Ireland immediately hoped the game wouldn’t happen.</p><p>Instead as the days have passed, the game seems more likely not less.&nbsp;</p><p>On Free State today we look at what has stopped Israel being banned from sport while Russia have been.&nbsp;</p><p>Dion wonders what a boycott would achieve and explains how Uefa and Fifa have failed to act.</p><p>Joe disagrees and calls on the Ireland team to represent the Irish people and take a stand. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>