Far-right Israeli football fans rebel over Beitar Jerusalem’s new Arab owner

Hardcore group threaten boycott and hold protest at training session after Abu Dhabi sheikh buys 50% stake in top teamAn Israeli premier league football team whose most hardcore fans chant “Death to Arabs” faces a crisis of introspection following a landmark deal that saw the club part-sold to an unlikely new owner: an Arab sheikh.Beitar Jerusalem – the only Israeli team never to have fielded an Arab player – has been grappling with the news that, as of this month, a member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, now owns 50% of the club. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/27/far-right-israeli-football-fans-rebel-over-beitar-jerusalems-new-arab-owner #israel #football #race #middle_east_and_north_africa #world_news #sport