Joel Bryant
Joel Bryant is a freelance writer.

PALESTINIAN flags fly amongst the many red and white. Slogans calling for national unity are clearly printed across men’s backs. The large banners they’ve fastened to the stadium walls demand living and dying for your nation, and the crowd chants to the pounding drum beat: “Kita harus menang!” We must win.

This isn’t a political rally, it’s a soccer match. And regardless of whether you