Bohs to host match with Palestinian women’s team
BOHEMIAN FC will host a friendly fundraising match with the Palestinian women’s national team in May.
The Palestinian ambassador to Ireland said it will be the first time the visiting squad has played in Europe.
Money raised by ticket sales will cover the visit of the Palestinian delegation and team with the remainder being split between charity partners Palestine Sport for Life, Medical Aid for Palestinians and Aclai Palestine.
The match will take place on May 15 in Dalymount Park in Phibsboro, North Dublin. Bohemian FC said the event highlights human rights
violations in occupied Palestine as well as the 76th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinian refugees during the war surrounding the creation of Israel, an event called the Nakba, or catastrophe.
The Palestinian ambassador to Ireland, Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid, said yesterday: “I am very proud to welcome our women’s football team that will be playing in Ireland for the first time in its history. I am thrilled to work with Bohemian FC who facilitated this match for the first time in Europe. There is no better way to commemorate the Nakba than by having our national team come to one of the few countries in Europe that is constant and consistent in its solidarity with our just cause.”
Matt Devaney, president of Bohemian FC, said: “We want this to be a very special few days for the Palestinian team and the delegation visiting Ireland.
“We look forward to welcoming the Palestinian team to Dalymount and hope the Irish public get behind this occasion and our efforts to raise a substantial sum to assist and highlight the plight of people in a truly dire situation.”