National Team unable to travel, withdraws from Merdeka Cup

Settler violence has forced road closures in the West Bank- preventing the coaching staff and half the team from traveling to Malaysia.

Sources have confirmed to Football Palestine this morning that Palestine will not field a team this week at the Merdeka Cup. The outbreak of violence over the weekend that has left over one thousand people dead threw the fixtures scheduled for this week in Kuala Lumpur into doubt.

Over the weekend there had been a concerted effort to try and get the play…