Argentinean Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie contradicts Israel’s sports minister and explains the Argentinean national team’s cancellation of its Saturday night friendly match in Israel as a response to Israel’s decision to move the game from Haifa to Jerusalem.
Sports Minister Miri Regev explained Wednesday that the game was canceled because of death threats from pro-Palestinian activists against Argentina’s star player Lionel Messi.
But, according to Faurie, the Argentinean national team canceled the match at the recommendation of the country’s foreign ministry, which recommended that the game not take place in Jerusalem.
“The game, as everyone knows, was supposed to take place in Haifa. Although Haifa is also in Israel, it doesn’t have the connotations of Jerusalem,” says Faurie, explaining that “the noise around the issue of Jerusalem” arose due to the US embassy’s move to the city on May 14, a move that was fiercely opposed by Palestinians.
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