The Israel Football Association's (IFA) disciplinary committee on Thursday banned fans of the Betar Jerusalem soccer team from two home games as punishment for heckling during a moment of silence for late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in a match on Sunday.
The IFA's disciplinary committee found the fans guilty of "unsportsmanlike behavior," according to a statement on the association's Web site. "It must be emphasized that the event ... in which we remember the day a prime minister in Israel was murdered is a day that unifies all those for whom democracy is valued and important, without any political differences," the committee wrote.
Attempting to punish fans for voicing their opinion of one of the primary architects of the disastrous Oslo Accords makes me wonder if Israeli political echelon has been hanging out to long with the neighbors. Maybe the fans would exercise a little more tolerance for Rabin’s legacy if a special week of memorials could be held for the victims of the Oslo every year. It could even be scheduled for the week before the Rabin memorial, and in memory of Rabin’s legacy, it could be referred to as Rabin’s Victims of Peace Week.
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