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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 6, 2018, 9:22 pm
Amnesty calls on Netanyahu to apologize for post on Arab soccer fans
False claim that Sakhnin club disrupted tribute to 10 teens killed in flash flood was shared on PM’s Facebook page, removed a few days later with no comment
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the press at the Kirya government headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 3, 2018, 7:17 pm
Netanyahu removes post claiming Arab soccer fans celebrated hikers’ deaths
Report about Sakhnin club, denied by opposing team and league officials, was shared on PM’s Facebook page on Sunday
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, April 29, 2018. (Amit Shabi/Flash90)
April 30, 2018, 1:59 am
Netanyahu slammed for sharing dubious, incendiary news about Arab soccer fans
PM posts story claiming supporters of Bnei Sakhnin team disrupted minute of silence for flash flood victims; league says it found no evidence to back up assertion
By Stuart Winer
Beitar Jerusalem fans during the match against Bnei Sakhnin F.C. at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on Monday, January 22, 2018. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
January 23, 2018, 10:24 am
Israeli soccer club vows crackdown on racist fans after anti-Arab chants
Beitar Jerusalem says it will close entire section of its home stadium, threatens to revoke fans’ season tickets
By Michael Bachner
Jewish and Arab children in Jerusalem training together as part of the Kick It Out program to rid soccer of racism. (Yossi Zamir)
October 26, 2016, 5:51 am
Top soccer players meet to kick racism out of sport
Event by UEFA arm aims to bringing Jewish and Arab players and youngsters together
By Sue Surkes
Fans of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer club fighting with police in the stands at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium on May 1, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube/ONE)
May 2, 2016, 12:33 am
Beitar fans arrested in fracas after drubbing by Arab club
Jerusalem supporters hurl firecrackers, smoke bombs onto field after losing playoff game 3-0 to Bnei Sakhnin
By TOI staff
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players and Maccabi Tel Aviv players pushing each other at the end of a game at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin, April 25, 2016. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
April 26, 2016, 7:32 pm
Soccer teams face disciplinary hearing after post-game brawl
Tense game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Sakhnin, Israel’s only premier league team from an Arab town, deteriorates into melee after final whistle
By TOI staff
German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on as US President Barack Obama tests VR goggles when touring the Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial technology trade fair, in Hannover, northern Germany, Monday, April 25, 2016. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
April 26, 2016, 1:58 pm
Through blood-colored glasses
Where Obama sees relative prosperity, commentators spot a delusional president ignoring a Hobbesian hellhole where senators have to beg him to give Israel a defense pittance
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative photo of Bnei Sakhnin fans during a soccer game, February 10, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
October 6, 2015, 12:22 am
Soccer fans riot, 6 held, after Beitar defeats Sakhnin
Israeli Arab supporters of Bnei Sakhnin pelt police with rocks after losing match 3-1 with bitter rival
By TOI staff
Nesting egrets and other works of art at the entrance to AMOCAH, Sakhnin's new art museum (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 12, 2015, 4:54 am
Sporting new art museum, Sakhnin looks beyond soccer
Known more for its Premier League squad, the Arab Israeli town now hopes to inspire coexistence between Jews and Arabs through culture
By Jessica Steinberg
Arab-Israeli supporters of Bnei Sakhnin, the only Arab team in the Israeli Premier league, light flares as they cheer on their team during their football match against the predominantly Jewish Beitar Jerusalem club at the Doha Stadium in the northern Arab-Israeli town of Sakhnin on November 23, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP/ AHMED GHARABLI)
November 24, 2014, 12:41 am
Police arrest 4 after Sakhnin defeats Beitar 1:0
Skirmishes break out between the rival teams’ fanbases following heavily secured soccer match
By TOI staff
Beitar Jerusalem fans during a game against Bnei Saknin in an undated photo. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash 90)
November 21, 2014, 8:10 pm
Sakhnin-Jerusalem soccer match given green light amid tensions
Announcement comes day after police canceled heated rivalry game; security measures enacted to ensure public safety
By Justin Jalil and TOI staff
Beitar Jerusalem fans during a game against Bnei Saknin in an undated photo. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash 90)
November 20, 2014, 9:30 pm
Police may lift ban on Sakhnin-Jerusalem soccer match
Amid fears of violence between rival Arab and right-wing Jewish fans, officials had said Sunday’s game could not go ahead
By TOI staff
Beitar Jerusalem fans during a game against Bnei Saknin in an undated photo. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash 90)
November 20, 2014, 7:53 pm
Citing safety concerns, police nix Sakhnin-Jerusalem soccer match
Amid fears of violence between rival Arab and right-wing Jewish fans, officials say inadequate access routes mean game cannot be held
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of Bnei Sakhnin fans during a soccer game, February 10, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
October 23, 2014, 5:18 am
Arab soccer team fined NIS 15,000 for honoring suspected spy
Bnei Sakhnin escapes with a relatively light punishment for tribute to fugitive ex-MK Azmi Bishara
By Lazar Berman
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