Israel bars footballers from leaving Gaza for West Bank match

MEMO | August 8, 2015 The Israeli authorities have stopped several players from Gaza’s Ittihad Al-Shejaiya football team from leaving the Gaza Strip via Israel’s Erez border crossing to play a scheduled match in the occupied West Bank. Ittihad al-Shejaiya is slated to play the final match of the Palestinian Football Cup against West Bank-based […]

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