La Familia

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. fans seen before the start of the match between their team and Hapoel Haifa F.C. at the final of the State Cup in the Teddy stadium, Jerusalem, May 9, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
With its racist history, can a Jerusalem football team accept an Arab owner?
As Emirati sheikh buys shares in Beitar Jerusalem, the notorious club is confronting its racist ultra-fans in hopes of reviving its competitive edge.
By Robert Swift January 4, 2021
Miri Regev with Beitar Jerusalem fans, January 22, 2018. (Screenshot from Miri Regev's Facebook video)
Israel’s sports minister posts video with genocidal chants by fans
At the end of a Facebook video encouraging sportsmanlike conduct by fans from one of Israel’s most notoriously racist soccer clubs, those surrounding Miri Regev break out into chants of ‘burn your village,’ directed at the opposing team — from an Arab city in Israel. It’s not every day that a senior government minister, who a…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 23, 2018
Right-wing Lehava activists shout slogans as they protest outside the wedding hall where Mahmoud Mansour, a Palestinian Israeli, and Morel Malcha, a Jewish Israeli, got married on August 17, 2014 in Rishon Letzion. Police arrested at least 7 right wing protesters, out of over 300 who were protesting against the wedding. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
The metamorphosis of a Jewish supremacist
David Mizrahi, once a vocal anti-Arab hatemonger, makes amends in a heartfelt Facebook post, and begins preaching tolerance and acceptance. In the current climate in Jerusalem, that is a brave and commendable thing to do. David Mizrahi was once a prominent member of La Familia, a notorious Jewish supremacist chapter of the Beitar Jerusalem fan club. Three…
By Orly Noy August 31, 2016
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Beitar Jerusalem soocer club fans celebrate in Jerusalem after the team wins the Israeli championships. Jerusalem, May 14, 2007. Photo: Tess Scheflan/ Activestills.Org
WATCH: What happens when a racist Jewish soccer fan meets an Arab player?
A new show on Channel 2, “The Newsroom,” aired a short segment this week called “To the extreme,” where it brings two people together from different ideological backgrounds. This first week brought a fan from Beitar Jerusalem and a player from Bnei Sakhnin, a club from the Arab town in the Galilee of the same…
By Ami Kaufman December 9, 2013
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