On the Border: The Rise and Decline of the Most Political Club in the World Adar Shaul
On the Border: The Rise and Decline of the Most Political Club in the World Adar Shaul In December 2020, an Israeli football club made worldwide headlines. Beitar, proclaimed by some of its own fans…
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On the Border: The Rise and Decline of the Most Political Club in the World Adar Shaul
In December 2020, an Israeli football club made worldwide headlines. Beitar, proclaimed by some of its own fans as 'the most racist club in the country', is a club like no other in Israel. The news that a UAE royal had bought 50 per cent of Beitar's shares shook Israel and the football world.
On the Border is the fascinating tale of a club that began as a sports movement of a liberal national Zionism party and became an overt symbol of right-wing views, Mizrahi identity and eventually hardcore racism and nationalism. While Israeli football as a whole is a space where Israelis of all ethnicities and foreigners can co-exist, Beitar won't even sign a Muslim player for fear of its own far-right supporters' group, La Familia. The book explores the radicalisation of Beitar and the fight for the soul of the club between the racists and open-minded fans.
It is also a story of Jerusalem, the