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Jibril Rajoub, president of the Palestinian Football Association and the Palestine Olympic Committee, Palestinian Olympic athletes and members of the delegation arrive at Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, north of Paris, on July 25, 2024.
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