PA tries to block soccer tournament in Israel

15.06.2012                      25.Siwan. 5772

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PA tries to block soccer tournament in Israel

Palestinian Football Association presses UEFA to stop Israel hosting 2013 European U-21 Championship over jailed player.

Palestinian Football Association president Jibril Rajoub urged UEFA to remove Israel as the host of the 2013 European Under-21 Championship in the latest effort to pressure the Israel Football Association following the jailing of Palestinian national team players.
In a letter to UEFA President Michel Platini, Rajoub wrote that Israel’s government is violating FIFA regulations, with Palestinian national team player Mahmoud Sarsak approaching a fourth month on a hunger strike after being held in administrative detention since 2009….