JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel, looking to avoid censure at the FIFA Congress in Brazil on Wednesday, has defended its arrest of a Palestine national team player, telling the world football body he was a courier for Islamist militants.
Sameh Fares Mohammad had intended to "harm the state of Israel and its citizens", Israeli Sports Minister Limor Livnat wrote in a letter to FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
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