Israel has invited the Palestinian Football Federation to Saturday's Euro 2000 play-off first leg match with Denmark at Tel Aviv, a top Palestinian sports official has said.
Issa Zaher, the Palestinian body's international relations chief, said the invitation had been issued by the Israeli Football Federation for the first leg of the two-legged tie that will determine which team will qualify for next year's finals.
An Israeli Federation spokesman confirmed that the invitation had been issued to Palestinian Federation president Ahmed Afifi in a gesture of goodwill.
World governing body FIFA's Swiss president Sepp Blatter will also attend the match.
Blatter indicated on Sunday that FIFA would try and organise a match between Israel and Palestine either in Gaza or Tel Aviv and not New York as suggested.
Zaher said the Israeli invitation had been accepted and a delegation led by vice-president George Ghattas would attend the match.
He said: "Blatter's presence encouraged us to go. By our courageous decision we wanted to underline that we are attached to a true peace with Israel and a peaceful coexistence with the Israeli people."
