Football Palestine sits down with Yashir Islame

Yashir Islame tells us about his favourite goal with the national team and which of Chile or Palestine has a better chance at qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.

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Yashir Islame made his national team debut in March of 2016 with a brace against Timor Leste. His .37 GPG average is second (minimum 10 starts) in Palestine national team history and he is 9th in the scorer’s table with 7 goals to his name.

Yashir spoke to us about his journey in football- how close he was to make a debut for Chile under Marcelo Bielsa, the seven countries he lived in, and his hopes for a return to the national team.

You can view the full interview, here.