Palestinian karateka Mahmoud Daifallah is aiming for glory on the world stage but has no intention of leaving the Israeli-occupied West Bank to train despite the hardships of the conflict."I hope to get a gold medal in the world championships one day," said Daifallah, who finished fifth in the men's 67-kilogram kumite at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan.Born in Ramallah, the 24-year-old began karate at age 7 during the summer school holidays at a neighborhood dojo. He now works as an engineer after studying mechanical engineering at university.Training conditions changed sharply after …READ FULL ARTICLE
