Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) on Tuesday urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend Palestinian Olympic Committee chairman Jibril Rajoub.
In a letter to IOC President Thomas Bach, Erdan pointed out that Rajoub had previously been suspended for a year from soccer body FIFA for inciting hatred and violence, after he called on soccer fans to target the Argentinian Soccer Association and burn jerseys and pictures of Lionel Messi when he was scheduled to play a friendly game in Israel.
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