Football and politics in Israel

• Authors: Szymon Beniuk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article tries to show the political context of sport, especially football, in Israel. It shows different aspects and specificity of the Jewish state, which has influence on this discipline. It is also about important sport events in the history of this country. What football league looks like and its image, the roots of clubs, are some others topics contained here. The work also tries to explain the role of sport in this young country, which, paradoxically, has a long tradition. It shows how the government uses sport to break barriers between nations and what the viewpoint of Palestinians is on these attempts. The paper describes various groups of fans and their p olitical activity and discovers the background of matches in Israel.

Keywords

EN

Arabs; Betar; Hapoel; Israel; Jews; Maccabi; Palestine; fans; football; politics; supporters

• Publisher: Institute of Physical Education and Tourism. Jan Długosz University of Czestochowa
• Journal: Physical Activity Review
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 6
• Pages: 8-13

Contributors

author

Szymon Beniuk

• Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland

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• Document Type: review