From Israel have explained, as one of the reasons of the cancellation of the friendly between Argentina and Israel that had to contest in the next days, in Jerusalén, that Lionel Messi and his family would have received death threats from Palestinian, what would have thrown backwards to the albiceleste to the hour to contest said international commitment in Israeli terrain.
The Minister of Culture and Sports of Israel, Miri Reguev, like this has ensured it: "This is a new type of terrorism that has loomed to Messi and to his family. It is the same type of old terrorism-new that does years murdered to the athletes in the Olympic games of Munich", have been the hard words of the minister in relation to the supposed threats that would have received Messi and all the expedition of Argentina.
"You do not confuse you, it is not an activity of the BDS (Boycott, Desinvestment and Sanctions to Israel until it finish the occupation of Palestinian), this is another form of terrorism", has signalled also Miri Reguev during the press conference offered in Tel Aviv, in front of photographies of Argentinian T-shirts marked of blood and of mobilisations pro-Palestinian to ask the cancellation of the party.
It fits to remember that the president of the Federation of Palestinian, Jibril Rajoub, already made days backwards some statements that seeded the controversy, when asking that they burned T-shirts of Leo Messi in the case that the star of the Barcelona contest the friendly Israel-Argentina.
It was foreseen that the party celebrated the next 9 June in Jerusalén, something that without place to doubts did not like at all in Palestinian. And it is thus that Rajoub, in full social and political crisis between both countries, put to Messi in a commitment with his words.
"Messi is a symbol of peace and love, ask him that not participating in the bleaching of the crimes of the Israeli occupation", said, using the name of Leo Messi to plant him as 'accomplice' of a political situation in the case that simply it do his work and what knows to do, that is to play to the football, in which it went to be the last preparatory party of Argentina before the World-wide 2018.
They asked to burn T-shirts of Lionel Messi
"We will launch a campaign against the Argentinian Federation, Messi has a lot of millions interested in the Arab countries and Muslims", warned. "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.
Well, at the end the only that has achieved with all this history is that, once again, the football have remained mixed unfairly with the politics. Argentina has cancelled already his trip to Israel, and there will be friendly by reasons of security. Tranquility for Messi and his.