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PMW director Itamar Marcus said he welcomed FIFA’s inquiry.

In response, the pro-Israel monitoring group PMW has written to Gianni Infantino, with a copy to the Argentinians... accusing Rajoub and the PFA of trying to “continue in their attempts to politicize football."

"In their letter to FIFA, Palestinian Media Watch cited comments made by Rajoub at the October 29 media briefing in which, PMW claims, the PFA leader accused Israel of having a 'fascist governmental plan… that is typical of Nazism.'”

Palestinian Media Watch, a non-governmental organisation that documents cases of alleged incitement in Palestinian media, has written to FIFA President Gianni Infantino and disciplinary committee chief Claudio Sulser accusing Rajoub of “supporting and glorifying terrorism” and “inciting hatred and...”