Sanction FIFA in Palestinian for seeding the hate to Leo Messi

The past 9 June, was foreseen that it played in Jerusalén a friendly Argentinian-Israel that never arrived to contest , because of the crispación generated from Israel and Palestinian with reason of the political conflict that affects to both countries.

The president of the Association of Football of Palestinian, Jibril Rajoub, effected some statements that seeded the controversy in the international field, when asking that they burned T-shirts of Leo Messi in the case that the star of the FC Barcelona played the party.

"Messi is a symbol of peace and love, ask him that not participating in the bleaching of the crimes of the Israeli occupation", signalled, using the name of Leo Messi to plant him as 'accomplice' of a political situation in the case that simply it did his work and what knows to do, that is to play to the football, in which it would have been the last preparatory party of Argentina before the World-wide 2018.

"We will launch a campaign against the Argentinian Federation, Messi has a lot of millions interested in the Arab countries and Muslims", warned Rajoub. "We ask to all that burn his T-shirts to his name and the posters of him. Of a sportive party, this party has turned into a political tool, the Israeli government treating to give him a political scope insisting in that it take place in Jerusalén", continued.

Jibril Rajoub, sanctioned by the FIFA

The true is that, at the end, the crispación and tension generated caused that the AFA (Association of the Argentinian Football) took the decision to cancel the commitment. Now, the Disciplinary Commission of the FIFA has sanctioned to the president of the Palestinian Association of Football, Jibril Rajoub, with a suspension of 12 months and a fine of 20.000 frank Swiss for inciting to the hate and to the violence.

Along these 12 months, Jibril Rajoub will have forbidden to participate in any party or competition that celebrate. It will not be able to assist to any official charge, neither neither be taken into account in activities mediáticas that can give in the stadiums or in his inmediaciones during the days of party. Punishment, in definite, for mixing football with politics and seed the hate to Argentina and the figure of Leo Messi.