The Iraqi national football team will play its Palestinian counterpart in the West Bank on its first-ever visit to the Israeli-occupied area.
The team will travel to the West Bank on Thursday, a team official said on Monday.
The friendly match with Iraq will be held Saturday in Ramallah, the West Bank's administrative center.
"A Palestinian delegation will wait for the Iraqi team in Amman and escort it to Ramallah," Iraqi team official Basil Gorgis told AFP.
The Palestinian team, a FIFA member since 1998, in May squared off against the Iraqi squad in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
Most teams in Arab countries refuse to visit the Palestinian territories because Israel control's the West Bank's borders and blockades the Gaza Strip.
But Palestinian leaders have for years called on Arab countries to send sporting and cultural delegations to help ease their isolation.
