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Israel bans most players on Gaza soccer team due to terror links

Shin Bet security agency refuses to clear most of the players who asked to enter Israel to play a match against a team from the West Bank.

by  Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  09-23-2019 14:10
Last modified: 09-23-2019 14:15
Israel bans most players on Gaza soccer team due to terror linksTevarak Phanduang via Unsplash

The scheduled match is unlikely to go ahead | Illustration: Tevarak Phanduang via Unsplash

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Israel is denying entry to most players on a Gaza soccer team scheduled to play a West Bank team later this week.

The Shin Bet security agency says a security check turned up information pointing to "most" of the team's "links to terrorism." It did not elaborate.

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Gisha, an Israeli rights group, says an Israeli court sided with the state on Monday, meaning Wednesday's scheduled game is unlikely to take place.

Gazans have lived under a blockade since Hamas seized power in 2007 and must seek permits to leave. Critics say these are increasingly harder to come by and are withheld arbitrarily. Israel disputes this and says it grants tens of thousands of permits for Gazans "uninvolved in terror."

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