By Marcelle Mansour
H.E. Izzat Abdulhadi in a cheerful farewell dinner for the Palestinian Football Team in Canberra, January 21, 2015
These striking impressive photos transfer the big event of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup into a truly memorable spectacle.
H.E. Ambassador Abdulhadi and the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, together with the crowd of Palestinians in Australia appear joyful and proud to achieve winning the political victory, in asserting the Palestinian identity and the existence of Palestine, regardless of the results in lacking scoring goals. Raising the flag and singing the Palestinian anthem in the Australian stadiums and in front of the world is, in reality, confronting the world. They all appear to have mixed emotions of happiness, enthusiasm, confidence optimism and hope for ending the occupation and determination of return to homeland Free Palestine.
Palestinians still remember that the Palestinian national football team was historically the first Arab team to take part in the Asian World Cup qualifiers and they are nowadays optimistic to achieve success in winning a championship in the future when the State of Palestine will take Place.