If you enjoy watching opposing teams fight each other to a scoreless draw, soccer’s the sport for you. Failing that, Indonesian politics can often give the same effect.

FIFA’s cancellation of Indonesia’s right to host the 2023 U-20 World Cup amid domestic controversy over the participation of Israel’s under-20s team has cost the Indonesian economy millions in lost economic activity, deprived a multitude of Indonesian soccer fans of a chance to see their country host its first FIFA tournament, and wedged the political coalition behind President Joko Widodo’s government – not to mention having done nothing meaningful to advance justice for the Palestinian people.