 (International Federation of ) president is touring the  , making efforts to stop the  motion for the suspension of  from FIFA. As part of his visit, Blatter met Israeli Prime Minister  on Tuesday, and on Wednesday was due to meet the president of the ,  , and the chairman of the , . Recently, the Palestinian Football Association proposed to suspend Israel from FIFA accusing Israel of severely restricting the importation of sports gear, the travel of players within the territories of the PNA — from to the  and vice versa — as well as the visits of foreign teams in Palestine thus dealing damages to Palestinian football. The Palestinian motion reads: "Our aim is to stop the suffering of our footballers and ensure that Palestinian football is allowed to benefit from the rights and the obligations enshrined in the FIFA statutes". In response to these claims the CEO of the , Rotem Kemer, said the accusations aren't about football and "we don't have any impact [...] when it comes to security issues around the borders of Israel".
FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) president Sepp Blatter is touring the Middle East , making efforts to stop the Palestinian motion for the suspension of Israel from FIFA. As part of his visit, Blatter met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, and on Wednesday was due to meet the president of the , Mahmoud Abbas , and the chairman of the , . Recently, the Palestinian Football Association proposed to suspend Israel from FIFA accusing Israel of severely restricting the importation of sports gear, the travel of players within the territories of the PNA — from to the West Bank and vice versa — as well as the visits of foreign teams in Palestine thus dealing damages to Palestinian football. The Palestinian motion reads: "Our aim is to stop the suffering of our footballers and ensure that Palestinian football is allowed to benefit from the rights and the obligations enshrined in the FIFA statutes". In response to these claims the CEO of the , Rotem Kemer, said the accusations aren't about football and "we don't have any impact [...] when it comes to security issues around the borders of Israel".
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