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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

La Familia

Mohammed Abu Fani (R) and other Israel players warm up ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024 group I qualifying round football match between Israel and Andorra at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
June 20, 2023, 10:05 am
Israel soccer games may be moved from Jerusalem venue after racism toward Arab player
Association chief says ‘all options’ will be considered after Mohammed Abu Fani is jeered, called ‘terrorist’ during international match at Beitar Jerusalem’s home stadium
By ToI Staff
Protesters take part in ongoing demonstrations against the government's judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on April 8, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
April 15, 2023, 1:04 pm
Hundreds of thousands set to protest judicial overhaul at 150 locations for 15th week
Poll finds just 52% of Likud voters would cast ballots for party again, majority believe economic crisis should be government’s priority rather than attempts to weaken judiciary
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Supporters of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan rally near the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)
March 30, 2023, 7:14 pm
‘Break their bones’: Ahead of right-wing TA rally, some activists call for violence
Voice notes and text messages circulating in WhatsApp groups ahead of pro-government demonstration threaten overhaul opponents and journalists
By ToI Staff
Right-wing rioters run toward an Arab taxi driver at a gas station in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 30, 2023, 12:32 pm
2 more suspects arrested over attack on Arab taxi driver by right-wing protesters
Rioting group in Jerusalem chased man, damaged his vehicle after rally in support of judicial overhaul; pro-government march to be held in Tel Aviv Thursday evening
By ToI Staff
A taxi cab belonging to an Arab driver who was attacked on March 27, 2023 in Jerusalem by right-wing protesters (Israel Police)
March 28, 2023, 10:27 pm
3 pro-gov’t protesters accused of violent plot; cops arrest suspect in attack on Arab
Men brought knives, firearm to rally, spoke in video of assaulting opponents; separately, 17-year-old nabbed on suspicion of being part of ‘serious’ assault on cab driver
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Channel 13 reporter Yossi Eli surrounded by pro-government supporters in Jerusalem, March 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 28, 2023, 3:22 pm
Calls for action against far-right extremists after assaults on TV crew, Arabs
Channel 13 reporter suffers broken rib, cameraman head injury during pro-government rally; Lapid blames Netanyahu, Ben Gvir; Gantz urges PM to unequivocally condemn attacks
By ToI Staff
Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during protests against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
March 28, 2023, 3:43 am
Far-right group attacks Arabs at pro-overhaul protest, chants ‘may your village burn’
Attacks come as country-wide protests for and against overhaul end in clashes with police; 38 detained in Tel Aviv, where anti-government demonstrators blocked roads
By ToI Staff
Beitar Jerusalem fans cheer and wave a 'La Familia' flag during a match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on April 23, 2022. (Oren ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 8, 2022, 8:36 am
Paying the penalties: The stranger-than-fiction rise and fall of Beitar Jerusalem
The fate of the sharply controversial soccer team hangs in the balance once again after yet another owner becomes embroiled in scandal and legal imbroglios
By Amy Spiro
Members of the far-right, anti-miscegenation group Lehava wave the organization's flag alongside Israeli flags during a march through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City as part of Jerusalem Day on May 29, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 30, 2022, 5:38 pm
After extremism at march, Gantz weighs terror label for far-right La Familia, Lehava
PM hails Jerusalem Day flag parade as critical for maintaining Israeli ‘sovereignty and governance’ despite Hamas threats; Lapid says festivities tainted by extremists, racists
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Judah Ari Gross
Moshe Hogeg, Beitar Jerusalem owner, seen during the Israeli Premier League match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, on August 25, 2019. (Flash90)
September 9, 2021, 6:18 pm
Beitar Jerusalem owner Hogeg to sell soccer team, cites ungrateful, racist fans
Tech entrepreneur and cryptocurrency trader says he is fed up with pumping massive sums into club only to be booed in the stadium by its supporters
By ToI Staff and AP
Moshe Hogeg, one of the owners of Beitar Jerusalem FC soccer club, plays with a ball, in the team training ground in Jerusalem, December 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 29, 2020, 10:58 am
Beitar Jerusalem owner confronts soccer team’s racist fans
After selling 50% of the club to an Emirati royal, Moshe Hogeg vows to take on fans opposed to signing Arab players: ‘If you are about hate and racism, you are not part of us’
By Josef Federman
Beitar Jerusalem owner Moshe Hogeg (C) with UAE member of the royal family Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (R) (Beitar Jerusalem)
December 7, 2020, 6:36 pm
UAE royal buys half of Jerusalem soccer team known for fans’ anti-Arab racism
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan says he’s honored to own 50% of Beitar in ‘Israel’s capital’; club has never signed an Arab Muslim player
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police arrest La Familia soccer hooligans at the First Station in Jerusalem on July 30, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 29, 2020, 6:14 am
YouTube removes soccer song by Israeli far-right fans insulting Prophet Muhammad
Clip taken down after Israeli Arab MK Ayman Odeh complains about song posted by hardline La Familia fans of Beitar Jerusalem club, which has a history of racism
By AFP
Protesters demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Sha'ar Hanegev junction in southern Israel, where three people were arrested for spraying water at them, August 1, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)
August 1, 2020, 6:56 pm
5 taken into custody for accosting anti-Netanyahu protesters
Suspect detained in Haifa for throwing a rock at a protest, lightly injuring a woman; man arrested in Ashkelon spitting on demonstrators, cursing at them
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on July 31, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 31, 2020, 6:58 pm
In latest anti-government protest, hundreds amass outside Netanyahu residences
Demonstrators call for premier’s ouster in front of his homes in Jerusalem, Caesarea; solidarity rallies planned abroad in San Francisco, London
By ToI Staff
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