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Palestine has dropped its motion to suspend Israel from FIFA, Palestinian Football Association president Jibril Rajoub said. A committee was proposed to monitor the situation between the Palestine and Israeli associations, which FIFA approved.

Speaking at the FIFA congress, Rajoub said he was dropping the motion to have Israel suspended from the organization.

"I have decided to drop the suspension," Rajoub said, adding that he instead proposes that free movement be ensured for Palestinian players. He also wants an investigation launched into alleged Israeli racism and a vote on Israeli teams on Palestinian territories.


He added that he wanted to find a "responsible solution" to the issue, as opposed to "scoring points," Israel's Arutz Sheva 7 reported.

The move was welcomed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

The FA president added that he thinks "it is right" to ban Israel, but that "a lot of colleagues" had expressed "how painful it is for them to hear, in this (football) family, to hear the issue of suspension."

Meanwhile, the president of Israel's Football Association, Ofer Eini, said he wanted Israel and Palestine to "work together" and "join forces."

"Let's leave it to the politicians to do politics," he said.

He proposed a joint committee between Israelis, Palestinians, and FIFA, which was approved by the organization.

Eini and Rajoub shook hands following the proposal's approval.

The Palestinian Football Association previously submitted a request for Israel to be suspended from FIFA, stating that Israel prevents the movement of Palestinian football players between the Gaza Strip and West Bank, thus limiting the activities of the association.