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To: GAB-1955

Israel competes in UEFA with the European teams.


8 posted on 06/19/2006 12:51:17 PM PDT by Eurotwit (WI)
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To: Eurotwit
However, UEFA is not the World Cup; it's a different tournament. Since Israel is a "Western" state in the Middle East, it's more culturally affined to Europe. Arab teams have simply refused to play an Israeli side. Of course, most states are at war with Israel.
9 posted on 06/19/2006 7:03:11 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
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