On the Border

In December 2020, an Israeli football club made worldwide headlines. The news that a UAE royal had bought 50 per cent of Beitar''s shares shook Israel and the football world. Beitar, proclaimed by some of its own fans as ''the most racist club in the country'', is a club like no other in Israel. While Israeli football as a whole is a space where Israelis of all ethnicities and foreigners can co-ex...