Controversial Israeli soccer club may be litmus test for UAE soft power ploy
By James M. Dorsey An Emirati offer to invest in Israel’s most controversial soccer club could serve as a figurative litmus test of hopes...
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James M. Dorsey
- May 27, 2016
- 11 min
Putting One’s Ear to the Ground: Rumblings of Mounting Discontent
By James M. Dorsey (Lecture at MEI Conference: The Middle East Peace Process After the Arab Uprisings) When Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 17, 2015
- 4 min
Israel suspends Israeli-Palestinian encounters on the pitch
By James M. Dorsey The Israel Football Association (IFA) acting on orders of the police has suspended what it calls ‘sensitive’ matches,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 12, 2015
- 4 min
Racist Israeli soccer fans in the firing line
By James M. Dorsey Israel’s most notorious soccer fan group, La Familia, known for its militant racism against Palestinians, Arabs and...
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 6, 2015
- 5 min
Israel’s fault lines spill onto the soccer pitch
Source: YnetNews/Oz Mualem By James M. Dorsey Israel’s multiple fault lines – secular vs religious, Jewish vs Palestine and controversial...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 5, 2015
- 5 min
Israel struggles with racist underground
By James M. Dorsey Israel is struggling with how to deal with groups some of which are underground that are linked to a banned...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 19, 2015
- 5 min
Israeli soccer violence moves racism up the government’s agenda
By James M. Dorsey A violent display of racism by extreme nationalist supporters of storied Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 10, 2015
- 4 min
Unprecedented Israeli action against Jerusalem club’s anti-Arab/Muslim racism
By James M. Dorsey The Israeli government, in a historic break with past policy, is taking right-wing, nationalist Israeli soccer club,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 21, 2015
- 6 min
Israel chides club for racism in bid to fend off FIFA suspension
By James M. Dorsey Israel’s Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) has demanded that notoriously racist club Beitar Jerusalem,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 26, 2014
- 3 min
Israeli raid on Palestinian soccer association signals dangerous hardening...
...of Israeli-Palestinian battle lines Palestinian and Israeli fans clash By James M. Dorsey A soccer brawl in Israel’s politically most...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 25, 2014
- 4 min
Mounting Israeli-Palestinians tensions reverberate on the soccer pitch
Beitar Jerusalem fans By James M. Dorsey Mounting tension between Israel and Palestinians on the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 20, 2014
- 5 min
Soccer and militant Islam intersect in incidents across the Middle East
Tunisian soccer player-turned-jihadist Nidhal Selmi By James M. Dorsey A successful soccer player near the peak of his career, 22-year...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 30, 2014
- 5 min
Qatar invests in Israeli soccer despite Gaza and war of words with Jerusalem
By James M. Dorsey Qatar is emerging for the second time in a decade as the only Arab state without a peace treaty and diplomatic...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 7, 2014
- 5 min
Israeli investigation into murder of Palestinian focuses on Jerusalem soccer fan group
Suspects in the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir By James M. Dorsey An Israeli investigation into the brutal murder of 16-year old Mohammed...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 19, 2014
- 4 min
Israeli pitches: A tale of racism, bigotry and double standards
By James M. Dorsey If Israeli soccer pitches are any indication, Israeli attitudes towards Palestinians do not bode well for US Secretary...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 25, 2013
- 5 min
Militant Jerusalem fans challenge founding principle of Israeli foreign policy
Beitar fans insist that their club remain racially pure (Source: Reuters) By James M. Dorsey When militant supporters of right-wing...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 30, 2013
- 5 min
Beitar Jerusalem and Egypt’s President Morsi: two vignettes of racism
Beitar Jerusalem protest hiring of Muslim players (Source: Reuters) By James M. Dorsey Racism raised its ugly head twice in the Middle...
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