Israel to file FIFA protest against Palestinians over Argentina game

The Israel Football Association announced today it will file a complaint to FIFA accusing its Palestinian counterpart of pressuring Argentinian players and staff into cancelling a friendly match.

Rotem Kamer, vice-president of the Israeli FA, accused the Palestinian side of "football terror" after its leader called for protests against Argentina in the build-up to the game that had been scheduled for Saturday.

"We are confronting a football terror from the Palestinian Football Association and its president (Jibril Rajoub)," he said, accusing them of "threatening football players (against) coming to Israel."
"We are seeing it as crossing a red line and we cannot accept it."
"We are going to send an official complaint to (world football's governing body) FIFA and the disciplinary committee to take action."