Lagos – Sepp Blatter, the FIFA President said a resolution would be reached between the Israel Football Association (IFA) and the Palestine Football Association (PFA) ahead of their congress in Zurich.
According to an online portal, Insidethegames, both football bodies would meet next week after meeting Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu, on May 20.
It said that the PFA have submitted a proposal to have IFA suspended from FIFA for imposing restriction on the movement of their players between the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The portal noted that the issue was set to be voted on during FIFA’s Congress, due to take place on May 28 to May 29 at their headquarters in the Swiss city.
It said that Blatter, aiming to secure a fifth term in office, was hopefully that an agreement would be made between the two feuding organisations.
According to him, this will happen following a meeting with Ofer Eini, the IFA President and Netanyahu.
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The portal said that the meeting was held between Blatter, Eini and PFA President Jibril Rajoub, where they agreed to “pursue dialogue” on the matter.
But the talks appeared to have been unsuccessful after Rajoub refused to drop his organisation’s proposal.
“I have obtained a message which I will present tomorrow to the Palestinian Football Association and Palestinian politicians as part of my mission.
“I remain confident that we will find a solution for the benefit of football development ahead of the FIFA Congress.
“Football is nowadays such a strong organisation that we should go into a peace situation and not into a fighting situation, and football shall connect and not divide people.
“I’m very happy about what Prime Minister Netanyahu has said.
“Yes, football is stronger than all the problem there could be and I’m sure we will find a solution,’’ it quoted Blatter as saying.
Blatter, who would be challenged by three notable personalities for his Presidency at the congress would now meet with representative from Palestine to continue the discussions.
They are Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, the Jordanian FA President, Michael Van Praag Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and Luis Figo, a former Portuguese international.
According to the portal, if an agreement is not reached before next week, the issue would go to a vote.
It said that if FIFA decide to upload the PFA’s proposal, Israel could be banned from competing in its international completions, such as the UEFA Champions League and Euro qualifiers 2016.
The portal, however, said that this remained unlikely as FIFA only usually enforce a suspension where there was clear evidence of Government interfering with the respective football associations.
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