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Bnei Sakhnin
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March 12, 2025, 3:29 pm
Soccer announcer charged over interview with Hamas TV, praise for terror groups
Said Hassanin, who was fired from jobs with the Bnei Sakhnin soccer team and Nas Radio, indicted after interview with Hamas’s Al Aqsa TV station in which he praised terror group
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Jeremy Sharon
September 3, 2024, 2:47 am
Violence erupts at soccer match after fans of Arab team turn backs on national anthem
Hapoel Beersheba supporters rush stands holding Bnei Sakhnin fans who made insulting gesture before game; 12 arrested, match canceled, both teams likely facing punishment
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ToI Staff
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
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ToI Staff
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
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Stuart Winer
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ToI Staff
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
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
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
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
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ToI Staff
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
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ToI Staff
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
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
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
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
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
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ToI Staff
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
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