Beitar Jerusalem

Sounds of silence: Israeli sports return, but minus fans who define them

As the Israel Soccer League resumed play across the country this week, the atmosphere was eerie. It evoked the empty-stadium days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

APRIL 9, 2026|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

BEITAR JERUSALEM players celebrate a dramatic late winner at Teddy Stadium – their joy echoing through empty stands as fans cheer from afar in homes and shelters across Israel.

BEITAR JERUSALEM defender Luka Gadrani has brought stability to the club’s back line since arriving from Kairat Almaty, helping the capital side stay in title contention.

Luka Gadrani anchors Beitar Jerusalem’s defense as championship race heats up

Gadrani, who joined the club at the end of September from Kairat Almaty, has been one of the standouts as the Georgian national team defender provides a cool, calm, and collected presence.

MARCH 8, 2026|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

BEITAR JERUSALEM coach Barak Yitzchaki oversees his side’s emphatic 8-2 victory this week over Maccabi Netanya, a result that reignited the club’s league title charge.

Beitar’s ‘Crazy 8s’: Yitzchaki’s faith rewarded in historic Netanya rout - comment

When Beitar Jerusalem started to score, score, and score some more this week at Maccabi Netanya, you could feel that the floodgates had opened and there was history in the making.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

IT WAS a full team effort for Beitar Jerusalem at Maccabi Netanya, with the capital city side featuring seven different scorers in an 8-2 away rout in league play.

Beitar runs riot over Netanya to remain in title race

Elsewhere, Hapoel Petah Tikva slipped by Maccabi Haifa 1-0 as Mamady Diarra scored the lone goal of the match in the 59th minute to take the points and stay in the Championship Playoff picture.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

MK Odeh claims 'La Familia' song insults Muhammad, YouTube removes it

The video included a song uploaded by far-right fans of one of Israel's largest Premier League soccer clubs - Beitar Jerusalem.

OCTOBER 30, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL

Jerusalem supporters from the La Familia fan group hold up a match against Charleroi in Belgium

Ehud Olmert to 'Post': Regev's extortion by intimidation

Regev, like Benjamin Netanyahu, like Miki Zohar, like Amir Ohana and all the other members of their Likud gang, came to the studio to insult, abuse and, if necessary, make threats.

OCTOBER 15, 2020ByEHUD OLMERT

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev resorted to making threats that took advantage of the power she wields from her position in the government. This is a criminal offense, and it needs to be stopped.

Emirati businessman to invest in Beitar Jerusalem following UAE-Israel deal

"Sport is global language endowed with tolerance and peace between countries and peoples."

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020BySARAH CHEMLA

RABBI AMI PYKOVSKI celebrating on the field with Beitar Jerusalem

Beitar Jerusalem to launch first soccer academy in US to observe Shabbat

Based in Jerusalem, Beitar Jerusalem F.C. was founded in 1936 and is considered one of Israel's most prominent soccer teams today.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

BEITAR JERUSALEM hopes to expand its global fan-base and to that end is kicking off the Beitar Jerusalem Soccer Academy in Miami, Florida.

Beitar, Mac TA can’t score in snooze-fest

Both Jerusalem and yellow-and-blue play not to lose in what is becoming all too common in Israel.

JUNE 14, 2020ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

MACCABI TEL AVIV (in white) and Beitar Jerusalem battled to a boring 0-0 draw this week at Teddy Stadium in Israel Premier League Championship Playoff action.

Exciting return to the pitch for Israeli soccer clubs

Beitar Jerusalem draws Beersheba • Maccabi Tel Aviv blanks Hap Haifa • Hap TA edges Mac Haifa

MAY 31, 2020ByJOSH HALICKMAN

BEITAR JERUSALEM and Hapoel Beersheba met at an empty Teddy Stadium on Saturday in the first game since the league returned from a long hiatus.

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. owner tests positive for coronavirus

Beitar's chairman Eli Ohana, club CEO Moni Brosh and financial advisor Haim Navon, who have been in contact with the owner since he was exposed to the virus, have all been told to go into isolation.

MARCH 21, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF