Letter: Israeli attitudes to Arabs fully exposed - Opinion - Monroe News - Monroe, Michigan
Some Americans might remember the brouhaha when Brooklyn Dodger baseball owner Branch Rickey decided to put Jackie Robinson, an African American player on the team. It was April 1947.The same thing is now happening in Israel. Last year, Beitar Jerusalem, a major Israeli soccer team hired Ali Mohamed, a Muslim from Niger to the team. It was controversial to say the least.The Sentinel carried the story in its Dec. 30 edition.The owners want to show "everyone that Muslims and Jews can work
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