FIFA leaders are weighing whether to “propose a youth match between Israel and Palestine to open a new festival for under-15s.” Getty Images
FIFA leaders are weighing whether to “propose a youth match between Israel and Palestine to open a new festival for under-15s.” The idea has been discussed “at high levels” but has not yet been “put to the respective football associations.” There is likely to be “significant opposition to the plan from the Palestine federation,” which has previously “called for Israel to be suspended from world football.” Sources said that the idea of a youth match has been discussed “as an attempt to build peace.” FIFA announced in December that there would be a new under-15 “festival-style tournaments for boys and girls that will be open to all 211 FIFA member associations” (London TIMES, 6/15).