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00:00Unmissable due to its size, under free Palestine is another message.
00:05War on the pitch, but peace in the world.
00:08It's the latest banner, or Tifo, erected by supporters at the Parc des Princes in Paris,
00:13ahead of Paris Saint-Germain's doomed clash against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.
00:18In reaction, the French interior minister has threatened to forbid banners altogether.
00:23I'm asking PSG to explain themselves and for clubs to make sure that politics don't interfere with sport,
00:29which must remain a catalyst for unity.
00:32This Tifo does not belong inside the stadium and such messages are in fact prohibited by the league and UEFA.
00:39But UEFA, which organises the Champions League matches,
00:42has said that it doesn't consider the banner to be insulting
00:45and the European football body won't be handing out any sanctions.
00:50PSG's director-general has nevertheless been summoned to the interior ministry on Friday morning,
00:55with questions no doubt about whether staff turned a blind eye to the large-scale plans.
01:01The head of France's football federation has also been summoned.
01:05France host Israel in a Nations League match at the Stade de France next Thursday.