Upon discovering the reporter was Israeli, the Saudi fan told him: "It is Palestine, there is no Israel. Go please. You are not welcome here. This is Qatar, this is our country – you are not welcome here. There is only Palestine. There is no Israel."

Arab fans at Qatar World Cup 2022 are evading Israeli journalists approaching for interview in more than two years after normalization deal signed between Tel Aviv regime and some Arab states.

The first ever direct flight from Israeli-occupied lands has arrived in Qatar on Sunday as Israelis hail that as breakthrough for Doha-Tel Aviv relations.