Tag: Jibril Rajoub
Israel threatens to ban PA soccer association head from travel
After the head of the Palestinian Football Association demanded that the Jewish state be banned from international competitions due to the war against Hamas in Gaza, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday threatened...
Palestinian official says resistance to Israel’s sovereignty bid to remain peaceful, for now
Senior Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub said on Sunday that while peaceful resistance is the preferred strategy at the moment with regard to Israel’s plan to apply its sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and parts...
FIFA opens investigation against head of Palestinian Football Association
The international football association—FIFA—has opened an investigation against Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football Association, in response to a detailed complaint submitted by Israeli NGO Palestinian Media Watch.
In the complaint, originally filed...
Why a soccer hooligan is smiling
Jibril Rajoub is many things—a convicted terrorist, a former West Bank security chief, a former confidante of the late Yasser Arafat, and now the head of both the Palestinian Football Association and the Palestinian...