Israel is a member of Uefa, which is why their clubs compete in European competitions, largely through geopolitical convenience, so that they don't have to compete in the Asian confederation against a succession of countries who want to see them wiped off the earth. USA are members of Concacaf because they're American.
Kind of my point.
The state of Israel isn't in Europe. Yet for '
convenience' are allowed to compete in European competition.
Edit: Anyway, this is the 'gif' thread, so probably isn't the place for this discussion.