Israel to allow Palestinian soccer players to travel for West Bank match
(JTA) — Israel will allow a soccer match in the West Bank between a Palestinian team and a squad from the United Arab Emirates.
The Sept. 8 match at the Faisal al-Husseini Stadium in Al-Ram, northeast of Jerusalem, will test Israel’s stated willingness to relax its travel restrictions on Palestinian players.
In response to the Palestinian Football Association’s decision to drop its months-long lobbying effort to have Israel voted out of FIFA, Israel promised the international soccer organization in May that it would loosen its restrictions on Palestinian players traveling in and out of Gaza.
Source: www.jta.org