Football war in Israel to be continued

Author: Peter Lyukimson, Israel, exclusively for VK

"The break"  - this is what sports commentators in Israel called the

67th minute of the match between Jerusalem "Betar" against the

team of the Arab city of Sakhnin "Beit Sakhnin," when Chechen

player Jebrail Kadayev came on the pitch to replace an injured

player of "Beitar".

Hundreds of fans of "Beitar" stood up at this moment from their seats,

shouted "Shame!" and "Beitar is a Jewish Club!" But at the same

moment thousands of fans of the team stood up to applause and welcome the

Chechen football players and drown out the cries. Thus, it became clear

that fans of "Beitar" were divided between those who continue to

protest against the club attracting foreign players, Muslims, and

those who believed that the former players from "Terek" may well wear

the form of the famous Jerusalem club. The latter were clearly in the

majority.

"Beitar played that night to a 2:2 draw. But in fact, this draw was

a victory. A victory over our home chauvinists!" the

famous Israeli sports commentator Akiva Novick  stated.

It is worth noting that shortly before the match, the Chechen players

met with the former head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the Knesset

and the loyal fan of "Beitar" Avigdor Lieberman. "I just thought that a

few words of encouragement in Russian would help these guys. They need

to know that we're really glad they are here, and those who are

shouting insults at them are just a handful of idiots! " Lieberman

explained.

Meanwhile, Jerusalem police arrested four fans of "Beitar" suspected

of setting fire to the office of this team and two others, shouting racist slogans

during a match with "Beit Sakhnin".