Reconstruction Accord

World football’s governing body FIFA formalised a $75 million partnership with the United States-backed Board of Peace on Thursday, committing to construct a national stadium, an elite academy, and dozens of pitches across the Gaza Strip, infrastructure that does not yet exist and cannot be built until security conditions that remain unresolved permit construction to begin.

The agreement was signed at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington by FIFA President Gianni Infantino alongside Gaza Executive Board of Peace member Yakir Gabay, High Representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov, and Dr Ali Shaath, the Chief Commissioner of the National Committee …