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Palestine: The Lost Team

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### Briefing #### Palestine: The Lost Team A forgotten battle over football, identity, and recognition—how a Jewish team competed as Palestine in the 1930s and beyond. The team, largely composed of players from the Jewish sporting movement under the British Mandate, reflected the changing face of Palestine. This documentary uncovers the forgotten history of Mandate-era football, tracing how British rule, Zionist organization, and Palestinian exclusion shaped the makeup of the first team to compete internationall…

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  • ### Briefing #### Palestine: The Lost Team A forgotten battle over football, identity,…: ### Briefing #### Palestine: The Lost Team A forgotten battle over football, identity, and recognition—how a Jewish team competed as Palestine in the 1930s and beyond.
  • The team, largely composed of players from the Jewish sporting movement under the British…: The team, largely composed of players from the Jewish sporting movement under the British Mandate, reflected the changing face of Palestine.
  • This documentary uncovers the forgotten history of Mandate-era football, tracing how Brit…: This documentary uncovers the forgotten history of Mandate-era football, tracing how British rule, Zionist organization, and Palestinian exclusion shaped the makeup of the first team to compete internationally as Palestine.

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Palestine: The Lost Team

A forgotten battle over football, identity and recognition – how a Jewish team competed as Palestine in the 1930s and beyond.

In 1934, a team called Palestine entered the qualifying rounds of the football World Cup in Mussolini’s fascist Italy. But it did not include any Palestinian players. It was drawn largely from the Jewish sporting movement under the British Mandate, at a time when football reflected the changing face of Palestine.

This documentary uncovers the forgotten history of Mandate-era football – how British rule, Zionist organisation and Palestinian exclusion shaped the makeup of the first team to compete internationally as Palestine. Through archives, interviews with specialist historians and the story of the 1934 qualifiers against Egypt, the film traces how the established football association became Israel’s, while Palestinian football was plagued by revolt, war and the 1948 Nakba. Decades later, Palestinians fought to reclaim their place in world football, finally securing FIFA recognition in 1998.

Original source: www.aljazeera.com

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