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Palestinians want FIFA to ban Israel after barring officials from soccer event

By REUTERS

AUGUST 16, 2013 12:35

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian sports supremo Jibril Rajoub has threatened to call for Israel's expulsion from world soccer's governing body after it denied a number of officials entry to the West Bank for a youth tournament on security grounds.

"At the next FIFA Congress, the Palestinian FA is planning to ask for Israel's expulsion in response to its violations against Palestinian sport," Rajoub said on Thursday before the planned start of an international youth tournament.

An Israeli security official who declined to be named confirmed to Reuters on Friday that some of the accompanying officials had been denied entry to the West Bank "on security grounds" but said he could not elaborate further.

"None of the players were barred, but a number of officials accompanying the teams were refused entry for security reasons," the official said.

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