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Blatter hopeful of ending his ‘biggest challenge’
Fifa president to visit Israel and Palestine over coming days

Sepp Blatter will visit Israel tomorrow to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before talking to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, in an attempt to end what he calls his “biggest challenge.”

Palestine have been calling for a vote to expel Israel from football’s governing body.

But Blatter, who is currently running for a fifth term as Fifa president, is opposing the vote in hope that Israel makes it “easier for Palestinian and foreign footballers and sports equipment to get in and out of the Palestinian territories.”

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