Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian international soccer referee Nasser Sadek on the upcoming European soccer championship in Israel. The interview aired on Al-Nas TV on January 9, 2013:
Nasser Sadeq: This Zionist Entity is planted, like a cancerous tumor, in the body of the Arab and Islamic nation. We must tear it out, and until we do, we must fight it as much as we can.
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Allah willing, we hope to shake UEFA and FIFA, so that Israel can never again organize a World Cup or any other championship. UEFA and FIFA will think a thousands times before granting them the privilege of hosting championships. They will remember that the whole world turned against them. A well-known Arab TV channel has purchased the airing rights of this championship. We must prevent this. If this famous channel does not refrain from doing so...
Interviewer: Al-Jazeera TV has purchased the rights and will air from Israel?
Nasser Sadeq: Yes, of course. If this is true, we will write to Al-Jazeera. If they persist, we will call to boycott it.
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