Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein sent a letter to the owner of the Beitar
Jerusalem team last night to inform of his decision regarding the ‘serious and
worrying outbreak of overt hatred and racism from certain Beitar Jerusalem fans’
over the addition of two Muslim players to the team.
Weinstein mentioned
that the decision was made following his meeting with Police Insp.-Gen. Yohanan
Danino, State Attorney Moshe Lador, the director-general of the Sports Ministry
and other senior law enforcement and sports officials.
Weinstein told
those assembled that “such racism was fit to be fought against in every arena
that it raises its ugly head.”
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