Why Spain’s greatest football match, El Clásico, matters to Palestinians

Lionel Messi’s No.10 shirt is a favourite among young Palestinians

Jon Donnison, from the BBC,  reports from Gaza city on the controversy of tonight’s El Clásico after the decisin of the Barça board of directors to accept issuing a VIP invitation to former Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

In Palestine, the acceptance of two Fatah representatives to attend the game and Mahmoud Sarsak’s refusal to be present in the stadium, together with the decison by Hamas not to broadcast Barça games in the Gaza strip anymore, are going to be something Palestinians will surely be talking about too.