Peace Team set for 2011 International Cup

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Peace Team set for 2011 International Cup

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, March 21 2011 @ 08:50 pm ACDT

My opinion in brief:

Peace Team - excellent and does have wider benefits
The fact footy hasn't kicked on back home - disappointing but understandable
Should AFL etc push them to establish local leagues? - they should certainly encourage, as they should for every nation as part of their international development role. Perhaps need a dedicated resource to explore it since it didn't happen post-IC08.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

Peace Team set for 2011 International Cup

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Monday, March 21 2011 @ 09:45 pm ACDT

Aaron.

You obviously missed the IF in my first paragraph.

Is there another set up playing footy in Israel/Palestine?

Not saying they can't play but don't you agree that AFLor the AFL international community should be giving them a nudge/ boost/ encourage them to get a league going so that they do end up with a AFL Palestine/Israel team playing instead of the "Peace Team" ("Peace Team" could really be open to a hell of a lot more players from parts of the world where conflict has and is occurring.)

Danny Brill said it all about what was being acheived by the exercise as far as understanding and reconciliation etc. But (and I understand barriers(physical and mental) erected by the conflict and the extremists in the area must make it bloody difficult) they spent months battling them before coming to Aussie and it seems little happened afterwards. Should not the AFL do a liitle more to ensure that that doesn't happen again. Maybe send Tony Woods or somebody like that to help em set it up( eg.the formalities side of things).

I can't imagine that an AFL Israel/Palestine team would not be even more effective than the "Peace Team". Surely not all of the 08 Peace Team willingly haven't touched a ball again since.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

Peace Team set for 2011 International Cup

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Tuesday, March 22 2011 @ 07:14 am ACDT

To answer the question - there is another group playing footy socially in Israel, mainly composed of Australian Jews who've made aliyah. They've talked about starting a formal local league on and off for about 10 years now, but it's never quite materialised. I've spoken with a few of them over the years, you can find them on Facebook if you search for AFL in Israel.

This group also played at least one practice match against the Peace Team before the last IC.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

Peace Team set for 2011 International Cup

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Tuesday, March 22 2011 @ 09:42 am ACDT

Thanks Aaron, it seems that the two groups have already got together so don't you think that the AFL should try to give a "little" push and shove(as they have applied in other parts of the world eg Fiji most recently, and PNG and Sth Africa) to help these guys get an Israel/Palestine league up and running and just as important have it be outside the confines of the religious extremes that seem to be destroying normal life in the area.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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