Brazil's Ronaldo visited Israel and the West Bank on Monday to promote youth football projects aimed at fostering peace between Israeli and Palestinian children.
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Film Documents Hardships Facing Palestinian Team
from fifaworldcup.com
Chilean film-maker Marcelo Pina watched as Palestinian national soccer captain Saeb Jundiya
was pushed against a wall and searched by Israeli soldiers just two blocks from his Gaza
home. Entire Article from
FifaWorldCup.com
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Chicago Film Crew Explores Palestine through Lens of
Soccer
After a year and a half of production and hundreds of hours of footage in four continents, a
Chicago-based production dedicated to the Palestinian national soccer team prepares to wrap
up filming.
From Electronic Intifada
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Israeli Nasser set to coach Palestine National Team
The Palestinian Football Association is set to appoint Israeli Arab Azmi Nasser as their new
national team coach next week after he was allowed free access to the Gaza Strip by the army.
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Field Notes: Iraq 4 - Palestine 1
The Palestinian national soccer team has ended its campaign to reach the 2006 World Cup today
with a 1-4 defeat against Iraq in Doha, Qatar. A tactical rearrangement on defense in the
second half seems to have been the culprit. More
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Field Notes - November '04: Arafat's Funeral
Dignitaries from all over the world were in Cairo today to bid
farewell to one of the most widely recognizable persons of our time, Yasser Arafat. Read
FP2006's account from the funeral of Yasser Arafat.
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