Benitez planning another raid for Feyenoord's Kuyt
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Aug. 8, 2006

An early contender for the most distasteful question of the season arrived yesterday from an Israeli journalist who, in light of Uefa's decision that Maccabi Haifa cannot play Liverpool on home soil in their Champions'' League qualifier later this month, asked Rafael Benitez: "Why are you so afraid to play in Israel when there have been bombings in London and Madrid?"

Astounded at the attempted comparison the Liverpool manager, born and raised in the Spanish capital, paused for several seconds.

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