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Algerians salute Palestinian football team

Algerian football players and fans salute the struggle of the Palestinian people during a soccer match between the Algerian Olympic football team and the Palestinian Football team, played in Algeria.

By Mohammed Asad

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip watch on big screens a friendly football (soccer) match between the Palestinian Football Team and Algeria’s Olympic Football team played in Algeria.

For the first time in football, tens of thousands of Algerians saluted the Palestinian Football team and cheered for Gaza and Israeli occupied Jerusalem.

Palestinians waved Palestinian flags in Gaza as large screens displayed the soccer match in public locations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Photos by Mohammed Asad

Algerian football players and fans salute the struggle of the Palestinian people during a soccer match between the Algerian Olympic football team and the Palestinian Football team, played in Algeria. Copyright (C) 2016 Mohammed Asad. All Rights reserved. Photos may be reproduced with proper credit to Mohammed Asad and the Arab Daily News.

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Mohammed Asad is a photo journalist based in the Gaza Strip. Friend him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mohammed.asad.90.

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[EDITOR'S NOTE: Mohammed Asad's home in Shujaiyya was destroyed by Israeli missiles, mortars and tank fire on Friday August 1, 2014 while he was documenting the Israeli massacre of civilians in the Gaza Strip. He is now living in temporary housing as he scrambles to find Internet access to share his photographs when possible.]