At the 76th FIFA congress held in Vancouver, a carefully planned symbolic gesture by the organization's president turned into a public relations setback — and was quickly overshadowed by a long-anticipated political announcement. https://youtu.be/pac5fAvSt9U The Failed Handshake and Its Diplomatic Fallout Gianni Infantino had summoned both the Palestinian Football Association's president, Jibril Rajoub, and the Israeli FA's vice-president, Basim Sheikh Suliman, to the stage during the closing stages of the FIFA congress. The intent, according to multiple attendees, was to photograph the two officials side by side — a symbolic image of reconciliation that would precede Infantino's declaration of his