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Thursday, June 7, 2018
Despite claims, Messi didn’t accuse Israel of ‘killing Palestinian children’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleArgentina’s national soccer team player Lionel Messi did not accuse Israel of “killing innocent Palestinian children” and explain with that accusation the cancellation of the planned Saturday night match in Israel.
According to the AFP news service, social media accounts were sharing a fake report according to which Messi told the TyC Sports channel in an interview: “As a UNICEF ambassador, I can not play against people who kill innocent Palestinian children, we had to cancel the match because we are human beings before being football players.”
But a fact-check by AFP uncovers that Messi wasn’t even interviewed by TyC Sports since the cancellation and, as a Spanish reporter notes, is not known for making politically charged comments.
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