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

From The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer Wed Nov 26 2014, 12:15:36

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 the Palestine Football Association (PFA) 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.

The Israeli military said the incident had not been a raid. It said a routine patrol had asked some Palestinians for their identification cards, and when they said the cards were in Bnei Sakhnin's offices soldiers had entered the building to check their identities.

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