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Beitar Jerusalem captain: Sorry for wanting Arab player
Izzy Ein Dor
Published: 20.11.09, 07:38
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31. R Jews allowed on Arab and Muslim teams? NO. DOUBLE STANDARD
Jae ,   Lynn US   (11.21.09)
TALKBACKERS. are jews allowed to buy arab owned land? under penalty of death...NO are jews allowed to build synagogues in arab countries?...NO are Jews allowed to be citizens in most Arab countries?...NO Were 1,000,000 Jews ethnically cleansed from Arab countries?...YES and never recompensated for their property...NO,NEVER COMPENSATED ....thats the TIP OF THE ICEBERG why mostly Arabic Jews (who support Beitar) dont want Arab on the team SO WHY THE DOUBLE STANDARD AMONG SO MANY TALKBACKERS 1) Ignorance of history 2) care too much what anti semites think
32. Soccer should be banned
jason white ,   afula,israel   (11.21.09)
Play American football and be a human being.
33. dude no arab country has 20% jewish population
rama ,   san francisco   (11.21.09)
dude no arab or islamic country has 20% jewish population ! so that's why u won't find any. Ask yourself however, how many christians are in their teams, or how many minorities? to give u an example, look at how Armenians & Carcassians treated in the ME (such as Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine)
34. uh, Jae?
andrew r   (11.21.09)
How many Arab football players ethnically cleansed Jews and prevent them from building synagogues? ZERO
35. feyenoord
Rolf ,   Utrecht Netherlands   (11.23.09)
I don't understand why Feyenoord is a scummy organization?
36. #3 is absolutely right...
mati ,   yerushalayim   (11.26.09)
And only in Israel would someone apologize for "occupying" their own land and capital. Israeli self-negation runs deeper than you think.
37. Celtic are completely inclusive
Stevo the Roma ,   Scotland   (01.15.11)
This has been the case since their inception, and continues to this day. A Roma like me can and does sit alongside Jewish, Islamic, Hindi, Catholic and non catholic fans. Something which makes me proud of my club and my fans. My team is of course Celtic. Rangers on the other hand, are known for their right wing, racist, anti any religion other than those of WASP derivation. We are not the flip side of their coin. We are a tolerant, very left wing support, and as a support, we tend to oppose racism, sectarianism and fascism. There may be support for a former paramitary organisation, this is representative of the feeling of anti Imperialism, and as the majority of the support have Irish roots, then singing songs in support of dead friends and relatives, and those who fought against imperialism, is a political stance. Not sectarian.
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