RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian football chief Jibril Rajoub on Wednesday welcomed the idea of an Israel-Palestine "match for peace" but said conditions were not yet ready for such a game.

"Yesterday, you raised a very great idea ... It's a creative idea, I like it," he told FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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