Indonesia Loses Soccer Championship in Dispute Over Israel's Participation
Briefly

Indonesia was stripped of a world championship soccer tournament on Wednesday amid protests over the participation of Israel's team.Indonesia had been scheduled to host the Under-20 World Cup, an event for the best young players in the world, from May 20 to June 11.Israel has qualified for the tournament for the first time, but that result proved to be fraught in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, which has no diplomatic ties with Israel.
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