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Palestinian soccer chief urges burning of Messi shirts if he plays in Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe head of the Palestinian football federation is calling on Arab and Muslim sports fans to burn photos and T-shirts of Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi if he attends a friendly match between Argentina and Israel next weekend.
Jibril Rajoub made the call after a demonstration in front of the Argentinian representative office in Ramallah, where he asked Argentina to cancel the match.
The match is scheduled to be played Saturday in Jerusalem.
“Messi. Don’t come. Don’t whitewash the face of racism,” Rajoub says.
Israel’s football federation says Messi is expected to play at next week’s match.
— AP
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