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Argentina Cancels Israel World Cup 2018 Warm-up Friendly

Argentina Cancels Israel World Cup 2018 Warm-up Friendly

Argentina have cancelled their planned friendly against Israel in Jerusalem following intense pressure by Palestinian and international campaigners heightened by last month’s killing by Israeli forces of dozens of protesters in Gaza.

A poster erected in the West Bank calling for a boycott of soccer star Lionel Messi next to a portrait of the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: AFP/ HAZEM BADER
A poster erected in the West Bank calling for a boycott of soccer star

Last night in Tehran

Last night in Tehran

Only one year ago, the two Koreas fired missiles to show off how capable and determined they are to destroy the other by force. The verbal threats exchanged after each fire work left a deep scar and exacerbated the already existing animosity against each other. The photo of the two Presidents reminds me of the one I saw immediately after my appointment as Korean ambassador to Iran…