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How the Israeli army is deciding Palestine’s soccer championship
The army is preventing seven Palestinians from traveling to the biggest sporting match of the year. By Yoni Mendel It seemed like everything was ready for the first match of the Palestine Cup to be held Tuesday evening at Gaza’s Al-Yarmouk Stadium between Hebron’s Ahly al-Khalil and Shabab Khan Younis. Almost everything, that is. According to…
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July 26, 2016
West Bank, Gaza gear up for Palestine’s biggest sporting event
This year’s Palestine Cup, the biggest sporting event in the Palestinian territories, pits Hebron’s Ahly al-Khalil against Shabab Khan Younis. Could reconciliation on the field pave the way for national reconciliation? By Yoni Mendel One of Jibril Rajoub’s greatest achievements as the Chairman of the Palestinian Football Association, if not the greatest, took place a year ago. For the…
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July 24, 2016
Why won’t Saudi Arabia travel to Palestine for a soccer match?
Between implicit recognition of Israel, or simply a desire not to travel through military checkpoints, the Saudi Arabia national team does not want to play against Palestine in Jerusalem. By Yoni Mendel (translated from Hebrew by Sol Salbe) Last April the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur witnessed the Asian draw for the regional groups’ stage…
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September 29, 2015
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PHOTOS: Gaza and Hebron go head-to-head in Palestine’s soccer championship
Gaza’s Ittihad Shejaiya traveled to Hebron’s Hussein Bin Ali Stadium on Friday night for the first Palestine Cup since 2000. But due to Israel’s harsh restrictions on Palestinian movement, the match almost didn’t happen. Text by Yoni Mendel, photos by Oren Ziv / Activestills.org In front of 11,000 fans, and for the first time in…
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August 15, 2015
PHOTOS: Showing Israeli soldiers the red card in Nabi Saleh
The campaign to expel Israel from FIFA makes its way to the weekly anti-occupation protests in the West Bank. As the world watched the FIFA Congress Friday to see whether the international soccer organization would vote to expel Israel from the association, today’s weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh took the form of a soccer game.…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 29, 2015
Expulsion or not, Palestinians can declare victory at FIFA
As the vote on the possible expulsion of Israel from FIFA draws nearer, the Israeli delegation suddenly decides to discuss easing restrictions on Palestinian players, who just yesterday were deemed ‘security threats.’ What gives? At this point, it is unclear whether FIFA will vote to expel Israel from soccer’s international governing body on Friday, or…
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Haggai Matar
May 29, 2015
The Palestinian soccer league: A microcosm of a national struggle
Originally founded in 1928, the Palestinian Football Association endured the many trials of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ahead of the conclusion of an eventful season, we look at one of the only national institutions that unifies the Palestinians these days. By Yoni Mendel The Palestinian soccer league is experiencing one of the most dramatic moments in…
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May 1, 2015
How one soccer match tells the entire Palestinian story
On Friday morning, the Palestine national soccer team will face off against Jordan, a team with a majority of Palestinian players, in the Asian Cup. Whether they choose to or not, the 22 players on the field will tell the story of refugees, occupation, checkpoints and the connection between home and diaspora. Oh, and they’ll…
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January 15, 2015
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