The Israel Football Association announced on Monday that Beitar Jerusalem will be banned from participating in European competitions next season, after fans stormed the pitch after winning a domestic cup last month.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog was forced to rush off the stadium in Haifa on May 23 after fans stormed the pitch after their team won the Israeli Cup and beat Maccabi Netanya 3-<>.
Los hinchas del Beitar Jerusalem invadieron la cancha en plena ceremonia de premiación y se robaron las medallas.
El hombre que retiran del lugar es el presidente del país, que iba a entregar el trofeo.#FútbolIsrealí 🇮🇱pic.twitter.com/CrOkeqURHI
— En Una Baldosa (@enunabaldosa) June 5, 2023
The Israeli federation confirmed that fans also threw fireworks and some objects towards the pitch during the course of the match.
The sanction means that Petar will not take part in the next edition of the Europa Conference League, and the replacement team has not yet been determined.
Petar was also fined $18,700 along with a three-point deduction from his league tally next season.
Beitar has a poor record of discipline in the Israeli league and has been subjected to numerous penalties, including points deductions, fines and playing without fans.
Após a invasão de campo que acabou com a cerimônia de premiação pelo título da copa e obrigou a retirada às pressas do presidente de Israel, Beitar Jerusalem teve sua vaga na Conference retirada pela federação.pic.twitter.com/SKgfds1YUi
— Leonardo Bertozzi (@lbertozzi) June 5, 2023
His slogan is "Death to the Arabs"
Beitar Jerusalem, founded in 1936, is one of the most popular clubs in Israel and the most right-wing and extremist club, with fans shouting hostile and racist slogans and slogans at every match, most notably "Death to the Arabs."
The club is linked to the Zionist movement "Beitar", which was founded in 1923, about a quarter of a century before the establishment of the occupation state itself, and is represented by parties such as the right-wing Likud party, which is now headed by Netanyahu himself.
With the beginning of the rise of the Zionist right to power represented by the Likud Party led by "Menachem Begin" in 1976, this team emerged, which achieved golden victories at the level of local championships, and coincided with the rise of the emergence of racist and ethnic discourse of its fans who did not hesitate to unleash chauvinist Zionism and racism towards the Arabs.
It can be said that there is an important dimension that makes Arabs a major subject for the team's fans and their hatred, which is that these fans trace their origins to the Jews of the East who grew up in the Arab countries at the beginning of the twentieth century, and they are convinced that they were expelled from their Arab countries persecuted and took refuge in the occupation state, and therefore that "state" should be exclusively for Jews.