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Julien Pretot

MYSTERIOUS: Palestinian and israeli federation delegates clash at fifa congress - What They Never Told You

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Infantino shook hands with Moshe Zuares, President of the Israeli football federation, as Jibril Rajoub, President of the Palestine Football association left - (Reuters)

The president of the Palestinian football federation Jibril Rajoub refused ​to stand alongside Israel FA Vice-President Basim Sheikh Suliman in a heated moment at the Fifa Congress on Thursday.

Both men were called to the stand by Fifa President Gianni Infantino, but Rajoub declined to be brought closer to Arab-Israeli Suliman.

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