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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