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Israelis welcome UAE ownership of controversial soccer club

by Shlomo MorMaya Alleruzzo
| December 11, 2020 4:08 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Fans of an Israeli soccer club long associated with anti-Arab racism gathered on Friday in a show of support for an Emirati businessman's purchase of a stake in the organization, welcoming it as a sign of change even as a smaller number of fans protested the move.

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