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http://deadspin.com/5988668/racist-israeli-soccer-fans-walk-out-after-muslim-player-scores-for-their-team?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Beitar Jersualem, one of Israel's most popular soccer teams, added two non-Israeli players to its roster this year. Zaur Sadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiyev are both Chechan Muslims and are two of the five non-Israeli players to have ever suited up for Beitar throughout the team's existence. Unsurprisingly, a right-wing segment of Beitar's fan base has not dealt with this development very well.
La Familia, a Beitar fan club with an extremist slant, has been very displeased about the arrival of Sadayev and Kadiyev. A sign reading "Beitar is pure forever" was spotted in La Familia's cheering section last month, and three members have been accused of starting a fire at the Beitar offices.
On Sunday, though, Sadayev scored a goal against Maccabi Netanya after spending the entire game being booed by his own fans. So what did La Familia do? Did they finally welcome Sadayev as one of their own, like at the end of a really cool sports movie? Nah, they just walked out. From the Independent:
Two members of La Familia explained their decision to boo Sadayev and then to leave the stadium after he scored.
Jacob, another fan, agrees, "It's just a matter of being Arab [by which he means Muslim]. It's not racism, they just shouldn't be here. Beitar Jerusalem has always been a clean club, but now it's being destroyed many of the other players are thinking of leaving because of the Muslim players being here."
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Rex
(65,616 posts)monmouth3
(3,871 posts)dsc
(52,130 posts)I don't think they would face their own team's fans walking out after having paid for tickets.
sadbear
(4,340 posts)2ndAmForComputers
(3,527 posts)"Pure"
Who else used that term a lot for racist purposes? My memory fails me. Help me here.
KG
(28,749 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Do they not know that racism is??
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)both Semitic.
Which is why I've always said that calling an Arab bigot "anti-Semitic" is kind of silly. I get that the word was invented for racism against Jews, but, technically, Arabs are also Semitic.
KG
(28,749 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)That doesn't sound much like Hebrew to me.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)....and why does a segment of Israelis believe in a practice that came close to eradicating all European Jews?