The president of Fifa, Sepp Blatter, remains opposed to football’s governing body holding a vote on whether to eject Israel from international competitions, but has admitted that he did not have the authority to remove the motion from the agenda.
Speaking after a meeting last night with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Blatter said: "Football should connect and not divide people.”
On Tuesday he also met Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and asked him to remove a Palestinian FA resolution from the agenda of the Fifa Congress in Zurich on May 29.
Mr Blatter asked Israel to relax travel restrictions for Palestinian footballers moving between Gaza and the West Bank in exchange for the Palestinians removing the resolution.
