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http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-palestinians-want-fifa-ban-israel-barring-delegates-093240930.html



European Football - Palestinians want FIFA to ban Israel for barring delegates
Palestinian sports supremo Jibril Rajoub has threatened to call for Israel's expulsion from world football's governing body after it denied a number of officials entry to the West Bank for a youth tournament on security grounds.
Reuters – Fri, Aug 16, 2013 10:32 BST



"At the next FIFA Congress, the Palestinian FA is planning to ask for Israel's expulsion in response to its violations against Palestinian sport," Rajoub said on Thursday before the planned start of an international youth tournament.

An Israeli security official who declined to be named confirmed to Reuters on Friday that some of the accompanying officials had been denied entry to the West Bank "on security grounds" but said he could not elaborate further.

"None of the players were barred, but a number of officials accompanying the teams were refused entry for security reasons," the official said.

Iraq, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and hosts Palestine were due to begin play on Thursday but Rajoub said he had delayed the start by 48 hours while awaiting guidance from the Asian Football Confederation on how to proceed.

Rajoub said that about a dozen officials accompanying the three teams, as well as AFC delegates had been denied visas.

Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has self-rule in some areas of the West Bank but Israel retains overall military control of the territory and can impose travel restrictions on those wishing to enter or leave.

Last month, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said during a visit to the region that he would establish a 'task force' to address the Palestinian concerns over the travel restrictions. It is expected to convene next month in Switzerland.

The Israeli FA said that it "would help all it could to ensure that players on the list submitted by the Palestinians would be allowed to enter but that it would not intervene in or challenge the considerations of Israeli security bodies".

It added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had informed Blatter of this when the two met in Jerusalem last month.

This week, Israel and the Palestinians resumed U.S.-brokered peace talks after a three-year breakdown, although neither side has expressed great optimism for a major breakthrough.

Rajoub raised the issue of Palestinian athletes' travel at the last FIFA Congress in Mauritius in June where he threatened that if the matter was not resolved satisfactorily, he would call on delegates at the next FIFA Congress to expel Israel.

The 64th FIFA Congress takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 10-11, 2014.

The Palestinians have long been angry at Israel's security forces for restricting movement of athletes between the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, territories they want for a future state.

會唔會踢場波都有自殺式襲擊

其實呢件事......... 幾離譜

藉著足球賽事，以軍事入侵其他國家，一定要受罰

政治化加軍事化？

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/sports/2013/08/16/Palestinian-football-chief-demands-Israel-expulsion-from-FIFA.html

AFP, Ramallah
The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) on Thursday urged FIFA to expel Israel from the international federation, saying it had refused to allow several Arab youth teams into the Palestinian territories.
“We ask (FIFA) for a red card, because the yellow card has been raised now for a long time,” PFA chief Jibril al-Rujub told reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
“We are clinging to the red card to take away the Israeli occupation’s legitimacy and we will not accept any compromise,” Rujub said.
Rujub said Israel had denied representatives of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), which includes 12 Arab national football associations, permits to enter the occupied Palestinian territories to play in the WAFF Under-17’s Championship, that was due to begin Thursday.
Three managers of the Jordanian football union, two UAE representatives and 13 managers and players from Iraq were refused entry, he said.
Rujub told AFP that WAFF was contacting FIFA and the European football federation UEFA, to which Israel also belongs, to “put pressure on Israel to issue the necessary permits” for the tournament to go ahead.
Israel was due to supply permits for all the teams by August 10.
UEFA was to issue a statement on the matter within 48 hours.
The Palestinian territories are also due to host the WAFF Under-21’s Youth Championship in the first week of October.