Israeli raid on Palestinian soccer club signals dangerous hardening of Israeli-Palestinian battle lines

From The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer Wed Nov 26 2014, 07:48:36

Palestinian and Israeli fans clash

By James M. Dorsey

A soccer brawl in Israel's politically most loaded derby and an alleged subsequent raid by the Israeli military on the offices of Israel's foremost Palestinian soccer club reflects a hardening of the Israeli-Palestinian divide as Israel debates legislation that would emphasize the Jewish national rather than the democratic nature of the state - a move that would effectively deprive Israeli Palestinians of their identity as both Israelis and Palestinians as well as of their equal rights.

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