Israel is increasingly concerned that when the FIFA Congress holds its annual meeting in another four weeks, the international soccer federation will decide to suspend six Israeli soccer teams based in West Bank settlements, Haaretz newspaper reported Thursday.
Consequently, ambassadors in dozens of capitals worldwide have been ordered to work with officials of their host countries to foil the move.Read more
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party announced election results to its ruling bodies on Sunday that saw the 81-year-old sideline rivals but also provided few clues to his eventual successor.
The vote for both the party's central committee and its parliament, known as the revolutionary council, came after Abbas opponents were excluded from the election.
Beginning on Tuesday, some 1,400Read more
The Palestinian Cup will be decided on Tuesday night in the rescheduled final, second leg between Hebron's Ahly al-Khalil and Shabab Khan Yunis, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) confirmed Monday.
The match had originally been slated to take place on Saturday, but Israel prevented it from going ahead, according to Palestinian sports authorities.
Israeli authorities did not allow the playersRead more