Blatter, FIFpro call for release of imprisoned, hunger striking Palestinian player

By James M. Dorsey

World soccer body FIFA president Sepp Blatter alongside FIFpro, the global organization of professional soccer players, football legend Eric Cantona, film director Ken Loach, MIT professor Noam Chomsky and former United Nations Palestine rapporteur John Dugard have denounced Israel’s detention of Palestinian soccer players, including M…