What do you get when you mix national flags, violence, racism and politics, throw in a few flares and thousands of passionate fans in a stadium? The infamous Beitar – Sakhnin rivalry in Israel’s Ligat ha’Al. Without an ounce of a doubt, it is one of the fiercest…
Let’s face it. The chaos that has long existed within Palestine threatens the Middle East, and most importantly, the Palestinians themselves. This needs no explanations, no examples and no justifications. It is crystal clear and well-chronicled, often with other heartbreaking images. However, in recent years the tide has…
If the delayed start to the Israel’s Ligat Ha’Al season due to the recent 50 day war wasn’t enough, Arab-Israeli team of Bnei Sakhnin had caused all sorts of commotion around the country, leaving many to doubt their allegiance towards the white and blue. On Saturday night, before…
20-yr-old Ahmad Mohammad al-Qatari, an up and coming footballer with Al-Amari Youth Center based in the Amari Refugee Camp in Ramallah was hoping to be picked up by a Palestinian football club prior to the 2014 – 2015 season. Sadly, that will not be the case. Ahmad was…
Re-posting this due to repeated deletes: There seems to be an indisputable mix-up regarding Israeli football from an Arab/Muslim perspective. The dialogue surrounding this issue has generally been airy and indifferent. The entire Muslim community and presumably certain human rights activists had been calling for the boycott of…
Normally when one would hear the above interpret, a cliché-esque story of a group literally created by the fans for the fans, is expected. And honestly, reading them would never disappoint. The same transpired this past weekend in Israel as Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, the only fan owned club…
What to make of all the rumors flooding the internet that Cristiano Ronaldo refused to exchange jerseys with Israeli players? Nothing. The video above clearly shows that CR7 made no gesture to taking off his shirt and offering it in exchange to any player from the Israeli squad. The match…
It’s not often that a club gets to break 77 years of strongly preserved history, but 19-yr-old Dzhabrail Kadiev playing his first game on Sunday, did that and much more. By playing for merely 10 minutes, he gave Jerusalem — in the stadium and outside of it — a lot…