The Palestinian Football Association stood firm on Wednesday and vowed to continue fighting to get Israel kicked out of Fifa, despite new proposals of easier travel curbs for players, sports visitors and officials.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Sepp Blatter on the West Bank, where the Fifa president outlined a plan put to him by Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu which included Palestinian football players being given special identity cards and placing special sports liaison officials at crossings between Palestinian areas and those under Israeli control to ease movement.
But the organisation’s chief Jibril Rajoub said there will be “no compromising on free movement” and will push ahead with the vote, which takes place at Fifa’s next congress on May 29.
