{"id":10401,"date":"2018-06-06T13:26:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T13:26:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-06-06T13:26:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T13:26:33","slug":"argentina-israel-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/whats-on\/argentina-israel-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina Has Cancelled A World Cup Warm-Up Match Against Israel And People On Twitter Can’t Stop Praising Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Argentina has cancelled a warm-up match due on Saturday due to growing political pressure in terms of\u00a0Israel’s treatment of Palestinian’s in Gaza.<\/p>\n

According to The National, the chairman of the\u00a0Palestinian Football Association,\u00a0Jibril Rajoub,\u00a0issued a statement thanking Lionel Messi and his team for this step.<\/p>\n

Since the match was supposed to be held in occupied Jerusalem,\u00a0Gaza was all cheers with the release of this news, and they weren’t the only ones. Several tweets in support of Argentina’s move went up on twitter within minutes.<\/p>\n

People from around the world came together to comment on this decision<\/h4>\n
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It’s things like #ArgentinaVsIsrael<\/a> that really raise awareness of #Israel<\/a> crimes. Well done #Argentina<\/a> …!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dave Ware (@Ware52) June 6, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Palestinians finally took a deep breath after seeing some sort of backlash towards Israel<\/h4>\n
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The “friendly” match between Israeli occupation & #Argentina<\/a> football teams, originally scheduled to be held in occupied Jerusalem, was just cancelled. YES! \u2764\ufe0f????????<\/p>\n

\u2014 Islam (@SpiderFromMarx) June 5, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Some were thankful of an action being taken against Israel for its wrong doings<\/h4>\n
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Great decision by the @Argentina<\/a> team to cancel its friendly with Israel. Finally the world is not blind anymore to the land theft and crimes committed against innocent Palenstians. Great move #ArgentinaNoVayas<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Omar Khalifa (@OmarKhalifa84) June 6, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Residents from the UAE were among the supporters<\/h4>\n
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Nothing is friendly about playing with the #Zionist<\/a> terrorist regime of #Israel<\/a>. #GreatReturnMarch<\/a> #Palestine<\/a> #Gaza<\/a> #ArgentinaNoVayas<\/a> #Argentina<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/cG9r3kOkjP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andrew Veerasingam (@AndRav1) June 5, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Values, morals and support have secured a victory\u00a0today and a red card was raised at Israel through the cancellation of this match” said Rajoub.<\/p>\n

According to media reports, Prime Minster\u00a0of Israel,\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu was in contact with President of Argentine, Mauricio Macri, in attempts to save the friendly tie and to not have the match cancelled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Much power to the football team of Argentina, what a brave move!<\/p>\n

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