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Iraq vs. Palestine Preview
With Palestine set to face Iraq in Arbil in less than 24 hours we can finally confirm the players that have been invited to participate: GK: Mohammed Shbair, Assem Abu Asi, Abdullah Al-Saidawi Mohmmed Abdel-Jawad, Mustafa Abu-Kweik, Ammar Abu Seliesel,…
Coach Mousa Bezaz Arrives
Not as extravagant as Cristiano Ronaldo’s reception at Madrid. The PFA held a welcoming party for new head coach Mousa Bezaz who will spend a couple of weeks in Palestine to develop his goals with the national team. He will…
A Look Back: Palestine v Iraq
Asian Cup qualifiers, World Cup qualifiers, West Asian Games, you name it..at 8 encounters, Iraq is the team we have faced the most in the last decade. A detailed archive can be found here at kooora. As evident, Iraq has…
Transfer News: Wehdat capture Bahdari, but not Keshkesh
Jordan’s Al-Ghad newspaper reports that Abdelatif Bahdari has secured his move to Wehdat on a one year deal that will see his WBPL team- Hilal Jericho- receive a $40,000 transfer fee. Ahmed Keshkesh’s move, on the other hand, has stalled as…
PFA Website: Press Conference Sunday
Jibril Rajub is set to give a press conference at 12:30pm local time at the PFA headquarters. Hopefully we’ll get clarifications on the Iraq and China matches. We’ll keep this post update. [UPDATE]:Atlas Sport Rajub confirmed that the Iraq match…
“Palestine to play Iraq in Arbil”
There is no word from the PFA website yet, but Palestinian, Iraqi and other Arab media are reporting that Palestine will play Iraq this month. Specifically on the 13th of July. As you might recall there was talk of such…
IDF detains Ismail Amour
Atlas Sport reports that Ismail Amour has been detained by the Israeli Defense Force at a checkpoint in the West Bank. The IDF are now holding Amour in an unspecified location with the intent to deport him to Gaza. Amour…
French-Morrocan Mousa Bezaz takes over as Head Coach
The PFA has announced through its magazine, “Falasteen al Riyady”, that it has chosen Mousa Bezaz as the new head coach of the Palestinian National team. He will arrive in Palestine this week to get a feel of the football…
PFA: China proposes a friendly on July 18th
The PFA has received an invite from its Chinese counterpart for a friendly on July 18th in Beijing. They are yet to respond. China is a league above Palestine so this would be good international exposure. Palestine and China met…