The organization Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center, a nonprofit that seeks justice for victims of terrorist attacks, demands that the FIFA soccer federation expel president of the Palestinian soccer association Jibril Rajoub because he “supports the killing of Israeli civilians and the use of nuclear weapons against Israel,” Israel Radio reports.
In a letter sent to FIFA President Sepp Blatter Darshan-Leitner, Shurat Hadin head Nitsana Darshan-Leitner writes that Rajoub is deputy secretary of the PLO’s Central Committee, the mother organization of the “murderous” Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades responsible for terror attack in which dozens of Israelis were wounded and killed.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner (Courtesy)
Darshan-Leitner notes that Rajoub has been quoted by global media outlets as saying Israel should be fought by any means and that if the Palestinians had nuclear weapons they would have used them against Israel.
Rajoub also openly praised the firing of thousands of rockets by Hamas from the Gaza Strip to civilian populations in Israel, Darshan-Leitner says. Rajoub should be expelled from FIFA, she writes, because his conduct violates the federation’s terms and conditions.
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