GAZA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Every four years, millions of football fans from all over the world, including the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, watch the World Cup matches, either live in the hosting country or on televisions at home or at coffee shops.

    On June 9, teams from 32 countries, will kick off competition in eight groups, each groups four teams for the round robin matches with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage. And the eventual winners will be rewarded with the golden World Cup.

    Every four years, the Football International Federation, known as the FIFA, chooses a country that hosts the World Cup competition. And Germany will be the hosts for the 2006 edition.

    In the Palestinian territories, mainly in the poor narrow enclave of the Gaza Strip, there are also thousands of football fans, who are waiting to watch the opening ceremony of the World Cup on television on Friday, and follow up the rest of the matches till the grand final.

    The Palestinian World Cup fans wait to support and follow up the games, although the Palestinian territories witness an endless conflict with Israel, and an unstable inter-conflict between the new Hamas-led government and former Fatah ruling party linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

    Conflict between Israel and the Palestinians hadn't stopped, since the last World Cup competition, as both sides are failing to resume the stalled peace process and agree on a permanent peaceful solution.

    "World Cup comes and ends, while conflict is on and will never end unless Israel ends its occupation and agree on a permanent peace agreement with us," said Ahmed Wadi, a teacher from Gaza, who supports Argentina.