The Jewish World

Could this latest round of violence in the Middle East be contributed to…soccer?

According to this article in Tablet Magazine, the six men accused of kidnapping and brutally murdering an Arab Israeli teen that resulted in the war that broke out this month are all members of a group of rabid fans of the Beitar Illit soccer team. This group has been involved in multiple acts of hooliganism and violence, and even the team’s coaches acknowledged it was a matter of time before something like this happened.

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