The team will face England on Friday in Trnava, Slovakia for the final, after beating France 2-1.

While torture is illegal according to Palestinian law, it is still carried out in practice at interrogation facilities. Over 250 incidents of torture at PA prisons were reported in 2021.

Israel is an outspoken country and, to some extent, political mud-slinging is to be expected, but at the moment, it bodes distinctly ill because it means that the only losers, once again, will be the Israeli people.

Helsinki and Stockholm will now be able to proceed with their application to join the nuclear-armed alliance, cementing what is set to be the biggest shift in European security in decades, as the two, long-neutral Nordic countries seek NATO protection.