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Soccer-Blatter proposes holding Israeli-Palestinian 'peace match'

Yahoo! Sports | May 19, 2015

Related Topics: Israel, FIFA, State of Palestine, Palestinian National Authority, Jerusalem

By Ori Lewis

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JERUSALEM, May 19 (Reuters) - FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, visiting the Middle East to try to persuade the Palestine FA (PFA) to drop a proposal to suspend Israel from the world body, on Tuesday proposed a peace match between their national teams.

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