YNet News picked up on a rather novel criticism of Israel:
A spokesperson for the association of Iranian student unions said on Tuesday that Israel is exploiting the World Cup soccer games in Germany to continue its aggression against the Palestinians.
“It is forbidden to allow Israel to continue its attacks in the occupied territory while exploiting for evil the World Cup games,” said Mohsen Maksoudi.
Of course, for this charge to work, Maksoudi would have to account for the fact Cpl. Gilad Shalit was also kidnapped by Palestinians during the international tournament. Are Shalit’s captors really working for Israel? You heard it here first….
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