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The return of Palestinian football: ‘We are a people who must live’



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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoSpectators fill the stands at al-Khader Stadium, near Bethlehem, for the Thousand Martyrs Cup, the first organised Palestinian football competition in nearly three years [Leila Warah/Al Jazeera]By Leila WarahPublished On 22 Sep 202622 Sep 2026Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – The floodlights came on at al-Khader Stadium, and for a few hours, the scene looked almost ordinary.

Young men sang from the stands as families settled into their seats and children ran along the front row. On the pitch, the Arab Orthodox Beit Jala and Dheisheh Youth football teams warmed up.

Then the whistle blew. The teams traded chances as fans cheered, groaned and shouted at the referee. It was the first organised competition Palestinian clubs had played in nearly three years.

At half-time, a commotion broke out behind the stadium.

People began rising from their seats to see what was happening. From the pitch, Beit Jala’s 20-year-old Cesar Sarras watched the crowd turn towards the noise.

“I was afraid when I saw all the fans getting up,” he told Al Jazeera.  “Sometimes I hear about tear gas being fired at the field. I haven’t witnessed it, but I hear about it a lot… I thought, this must be the [Israeli] army.”

This time, it was not a military raid, but a squabble between supporters. The crowd settled back into their seats, and the match resumed. For the rest of the night, fans’ attention returned to the game.

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