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This will be more than a game.
When the Palestinian national team meets Thailand on Wednesday in a qualification match toward the 2012 Olympic Games, it will be the first qualifier in any global competition to take place in the West Bank since 1948, when the state of Israel was established. The Palestinian Football Association team, down by 1-0 after the away leg in Bangkok, must score at least twice in Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium near Jerusalem to advance to the next stage.
The stadium, which has artificial turf, was built with financial aid from FIFA, soccer’s world governing body.
The match Wednesday comes at a time of gathering protests organized by young Palestinians wanting an end to the political split between Hamas, which controls the Gaza...
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