Egyptians cancel soccer match with “Palestine” because they hate Israel
The political capital that Israel would have received from a football match was negligible - in fact, the Egyptian team planned to turn it into a political statement against Israel by scheduling the match for Land Day and highlighting the separation barrier. On the other hand, the emotional boost that the Palestinian Arabs would have felt being visited by Arab sports heroes would have been huge.
Which just goes to show that the Egyptians hate Israel far more than they love “Palestinians.”
In a larger context, it is just one more piece of evidence that the Arab world’s support for a “Palestinian” state has little to do with humanitarian concerns and human rights, and everything to do with being another step to destroy Israel.