Claim: Shaker Asad is a Palestinian former soccer midfielder who also played for the Palestinian national team.
Evidence: Shaker Asad (born August 18, 1979 in Gaza, the Gaza Strip) is a Palestinian former soccer midfielder who spent three seasons in Major League Soccer and one in the USL First Division. He also played for the Palestinian national team. 
Midfielder Gaza, Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (/ˈɡɑːzə/; Arabic: قطاع غزة‎ Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣazza), or simply Gaza, is a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km (32 mi) border. Palestine