It’s safe to say that the past year have seen tectonic shifts in Palestinian football. The sight of Mohammed Darweesh training with Bnei Sakhnin is just the latest bombshell and it may signal yet another high profile departure from the…
In what is quickly becoming an exodus away from the West Bank Premier League, Palestine’s starting goalkeeper, Rami Hamadi has announced that he will move to Abna Sakhnin (Beni Sakhnin) of the Israeli Premier League from the start of the…
After more than a week’s worth of silence, the Palestine Football Association has finally issued a statement regarding Abdallah Jaber’s move to Hapoel Hadera of the Israeli Premier League: [English Translation] “PFA Statement issues in regards to the transfer of…
National team goalkeeper Rami Hamadi has taken to social media to defend his teammate Abdallah Jaber from comments of angry fans following his move to Hapoel Hadera. Hamadi who has been teammates with Jaber at Hilal Al-Quds as well as…
Below is an open letter addressed to UEFA President Michel Platini’s decision to award the 2013 U21 European Championships to Israel. BDS (www.bdsmovement.net) is doing a great job of getting the word out and applying pressure. Please join this facebook…
Let me preface this by saying I don’t watch Tennis. Let me also say that we strive to keep politics out of this blog but sometimes they are impossible to ignore. During the Assault on Gaza in 2009, some of…
As has been the norm with almost every squad Palestine has announced over the past decade Israel has decided to weigh in. It has determined that defender Khaled Mahdi, defensive midfielder Maaly Kaware, playmaker Ayman Al-Hendi and backup goalkeeper Mohammed…
So Palestine was knocked out of World Cup Qualifying two years ago, but go ahead and celebrate because Israel has just been officially knocked out of qualifying by virtue of Greece’s 2-1 victory over Luxembourg and Israel’s 0-0 draw against…
An insightful look at the beginnings of Palestinian sport in the 20th century and their sabotage by various colonial entities. Thanks to Issam Khalidi and Electronic Intifada.
