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Gaza Football Club Makes Way To West Bank For Palestine Cup Final

The Shujaiyeh football club left its home turf in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning and "began the journey through Israel's Erez border crossing to the West Bank city of Hebron, where it is scheduled to face off against the local team in a historical final match of the Palestine Cup games on Friday," according to Jack Khoury of HAARETZ. The game "will decide which of the two clubs will represent Palestine" in the next Asian Football Confederation Cup. This "is the first time Israel has permitted a Gaza-based club to travel to the West Bank since the blockade was imposed on the Strip following a violent takeover by Hamas" in '07. Initially "the game was postponed indefinitely after Israel denied entry permits to four of the Gaza players." The team "had to wait some three hours at the Erez Crossing, while the four players were questioned by Israeli security officials." The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories blamed Palestinian FA Chair Jibril Rajoub "for the hold-up." COGAT said that "the four players were asked to come for questioning at the crossing the previous day, but that Rajoub refused." Sources in COGAT said, "It is a shame that Rajoub once again uses the sport once again in order to advance his political agenda" (HAARETZ, 8/12).

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