RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian sports supremo Jibril Rajoub has threatened to call for Israel's expulsion from world football's governing body after it denied a number of officials entry to the West Bank for a youth tournament on security grounds.
"At the next FIFA Congress, the Palestinian FA is planning to ask for Israel's expulsion in response to its violations against Palestinian sport," Rajoub said on Thursday before the planned start of an international youth tournament.
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