The Palestinian Authority, which teaches and encourages terrorism, is sending its soccer team to help revive the sport in terrorist-stricken Pakistan.
International soccer teams have refused to play in Pakistan since terrorists attacked a Sri Lanka cricket team two years ago. Seven people were killed, and eight team players, including the assistant coach, were wounded.
The PA soccer team is scheduled to play in Lahore, the site of the 2008 terrorist attack, and in Karachi in late February and early March. “Palestine's national football team is due to tour Pakistan and will play a two-match series, and this series will help us revive international sport," Pakistan Football Federation president Faisal Salah Hayat told reporters.
Hayat added that teams from Iran, Iran, Malaysia, Oman, South Korea and the UAE also have agreed to play in Pakistan, which along with Afghanistan is a hotbed of terrorism, including activity by Al-Qaeda.
The Palestinian Authority, founded under its original name - the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) - by Yasser Arafat, was rooted in terrorism. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has officially renounced terror while at the same time encouraging it through its school system and sermons in mosques. The PA also has praised recent Arab terrorists as “martyrs.”
After forming its own soccer team several years ago, the PA promised Jordan it would not recruit players from there because most of the country is “Palestinian." Arabs with Israeli citizenship refused to play for the PA because it would mean they would have to forfeit their cherished Israeli passport. Instead, the PA soccer team has turned to North and South Americans with roots in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
The PA team recently played in Jordan in a match that illustrated the deep-seated tensions in the Arab world vis-à-vis the Palestinian Authority. After the game, a riot injured 350 fans and policemen as fans with Jordanian origin fought brutal fistfights and stone throwing battles with Jordanian Arabs descended from Judea, Samaria and Gaza.