The Palestine national team will play two friendly clashes in Spain during the November international break. While La Roja themselves are engaged in World Cup qualifying games with Georgia and Turkiye, Palestine will take on two Federations within Spain.
Last month it was announced that Palestine and the Basque Country would be facing each other in a friendly on the 15th of November. The game will be held at San Mames in Bilbao, and is ‘in homage to the all of the victims of a genocide’.
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Palestine to face Catalonia in friendly in Barcelona
After it was leaked earlier this week that Palestine had since proposed a friendly with the Catalan national team, RAC1 confirm that this proposal has been accepted, and the match will take place three days later in Barcelona on the 18th of November. The Council have already given the green light for the game to go ahead, and will loan them the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys at Montjuic.
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The Palestinian Football Federation assure that more than 400 footballers have been killed by Israeli military attacks on the Gaza strip, a figure which includes several national team players.
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Israel to remain in international competitions for the time being
There had been some debate over whether Israel could face a ban from international competitions in football, in similar fashion to that which Russia have faced for their invasion of Ukraine. However the latest is that FIFA and UEFA are yet to take any formal steps towards doing so.
Spain, who have recognised Palestine as a state, became the focus of the cycling world recently for during their biggest race of the year La Vuelta a Espana, which was forced to shorten the race on a number of days due to protests against an Israeli team competing.
