Palestinians celebrate Argentina's decision to cancel Israel match
Palestinian boys hold banners in front of Argentinian representative office in the West Bank city of Ramallah
PALESTINIANS celebrated today after Argentina cancelled its trip to apartheid Israel.
The Palestinian FA announced late last night that Argentina had succumbed to months of pressure from human rights campaigners around the world to cancel the friendly planned for Saturday.
The match “would have been extremely unfriendly to human rights,” quipped Omar Barghouti of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (Pacbi).
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