[zen jihad]

This is really sweet, a Israeli football team consisting of Jews and Arabs. Outside of Israel they are pretty much unkown, but tonight they're playing Newcastle Utd in the UK.

Back in Israel though, the unique bonding betwen Jews and Muslims in this team isn't alwats met by joy. To quote the BBC article,
"As Or Raklevski of the Israeli newspaper Maariv explains: "When Sakhnin arrives to most of their away games they hear chants like 'death to Arabs' and so on. Not in all of them, but in some."

although this arab hatred is heard in the stands of Israeli football matches, let's hope it;s a signal of better things to come.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3663386.stm

[Zimphire]

Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin's Arab players say they face prejudice from rival fans back home, but get on well with their Jewish team-mates.

Funny how that works.

Club secretary Ibrahim Brushnak says that partnership also extends to the team's supporters: "After we won in the final game in the Cup we had a lot of Jewish supporters around Israel because we are together Arab and Jewish.

Good.

[zen jihad]

Originally posted by Zimphire:


Funny how that works.
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Rival fans being Jewish. It's their team-mates they get on well with.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by zen jihad:
Rival fans being Jewish. It's their team-mates they get on well with.

Right.... did I say otherwise?

[lil'babykitten]

It's progress,