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Argentina Cancels World Cup Friendly Match with ’Israeli’ Team after Gaza Violence

Argentina Cancels World Cup Friendly Match with ’Israeli’ Team after Gaza Violence
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Argentina cancelled a World Cup warm-up match with the Zionist entity's team, apparently under political pressure over the Zionist treatment of Palestinians in Gaza.

Argentina Cancels World Cup Friendly Match with ’Israeli’ Team after Gaza Violence

In this regard, Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain told the ESPN sports channel on Tuesday the game had been cancelled.

"They've finally done the right thing," Higuain said in an interview.

Relatively, the Zionist Embassy in Argentina tweeted to confirm that the football friendly was off.

Meanwhile, media reports added that "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Argentine President Mauricio Macri in an attempt to salvage the friendly tie, due to be played in al-Quds on Saturday.

News of the cancellation was met with cheers in Gaza, where at least 120 Palestinians were martyred by "Israeli" occupation forces during recent protests.

In Ramallah in the West Bank, the Palestinian football association issued a statement thanking Argentine striker Lionel Messi and his colleagues for the cancellation.

"Values, morals and sport have secured a victory today and a red card was raised at "Israel" through the cancellation of the game," said Chairman Jibril Rajoub, quoted by Reuters news agency.

In parallel, the campaign group Avaaz, which had called for the game to be cancelled, praised what it called a "brave ethical decision".

"This proves Argentina understands there is nothing friendly about playing in [al-Quds], when just miles away "Israeli" snipers are shooting unarmed protesters," said Alice Jay, campaign director at Avaaz.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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