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Monday, February 19, 2018
World Cup trophy visits West Bank ahead of summer games
Thousands of Palestinian football fans took photographs with the World Cup trophy today, as it tours the globe, ahead of this summer’s tournament in Russia.
More than 10,000 people lined up to see the trophy during three days it was displayed near Ramallah in the West Bank, organizers said.
It is the second time the World Cup has been displayed in the Palestinian territories and comes as part of a wider tour of the trophy ahead of the World Cup.
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The cup left this afternoon for Jordan, before it goes to Dubai later in the week. It visited elsewhere in Israel last week.
— AFP
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