PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Israel’s national soccer team arrived in Kosovo on Friday amid tight security measures at the airport ahead of a postponed European Championship qualifier.
There was also tight security at the hotel where the team was staying ahead of Sunday's game.
Police officers created a security perimeter at the hotel that the public and journalists were not allowed to cross.
Kosovo was the first European country, and the first country with a Muslim majority, to establish its embassy in Jerusalem instead of Tel Aviv, following the U.S. and Guatemala.
Israel is the most recent country to have recognized Kosovo after Pristina’s Parliament declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
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—, soccer team, Police, UEFA, White House, Pristina’s
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PRISTINA, Kosovo, Israeli, Israel, Gaza, Romania, Switzerland, Serbia, United States, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Guatemala