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Israel’s racism problem is not beitar fans it’s an establishment with a deeply rooted fear of Arabs, something that shaped its policy toward Palestinians since
by onyva 7y ago
Israel’s racism problem is not beitar fans it’s an establishment with a deeply rooted fear of Arabs, something that shaped its policy toward Palestinians since its inception and before.
Ben-Gurion, probably the most despicable “leader” we’ve had (Golda Meir competing for the title) was known for secretive non democratic committees working to separate Arabs from the Jewish population by every means possible. One of the reasons was to prevent any possibility of integration and assimilation.
BTW, at this stage most Palestinians in Israel still saw a future of integration within a Jewish state (as demonstrated by attitude survey asking each population how they identify themselves), an attitude that was completely reversed when it became clear what Ben-Gurion was doing, the martial law imposed etc.
Racism in Israel is institutional. These football fans are not the problem, their leader, nethanyhu, is.