Med Games for Israel, Palestine

Med Games for Israel, Palestine

PARIS (AFP): Israel may compete against Palestine and Arab countries at the Mediterranean Games at Bari, Italy, in 1997.

Claude Collard, president of the Med Games Committee, said here Tuesday before leaving for an Executive Commission meeting in Bari he expected to be able to obtain majority approval for Palestine and Israel being admitted.

"But we quite clearly wish to avoid the threat of a boycott by countries who may be hostile at this moment," he added. Collard intends to meet delegates from Syria, Libya and Lebanon to make sure they would abide by a majority decision.