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Soccer-Palestine drops motion to suspend Israel from FIFA

Yahoo! Sports | May 29, 2015

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

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By Brian Homewood

ZURICH, May 29 (Reuters) - Palestine unexpectedly dropped its motion to suspend Israel from international football on Friday amid highly-charged scenes at the FIFA Congress.

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