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Hapoel Beersheba captures Israeli soccer league championship over Beitar Jerusalem

Next up for Beersheba is its final game of the league season on Saturday night, when it hosts Maccabi Haifa, followed by a State Cup final clash against the same Maccabi Tel Aviv.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
Hapoel Beersheba celebrating the championship.
NO MATTER if Hapoel Beersheba or Beitar Jerusalem emerge as the Israeli soccer champion, the final two matches of the season promise to provide plenty of thrills.

Hapoel Tel Aviv loses to Beersheba, Maccabi falls to Beitar in soccer Premier League weekend

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi fell to Beersheba and Beitar over the weekend, leaving the league title race favoring Beersheba as the season nears its final matches.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
TIMOTI MUZIE (11) celebrates with his Beitar Jerusalem teammates after scoring the game-winning goal in the crucial 2-1 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Beitar, Beersheba in fierce fight to the finish

Both top teams win, Jerusalem still trails by 2 points in the championship race with just 2 games left.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
THE 1-1 draw this week between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba at Teddy Stadium kept the Southern Reds in first place by two points with three matches left.

Despite draw with Hapoel Beersheba, Beitar Jerusalem still in title race

Elsewhere around the league, Hapoel Tel Aviv edged Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-0 thanks to Mor Buskila’s 74th-minute winner, clinching European qualification for next season.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

'A historic and exciting day for Beitar Jerusalem'

If all goes well, Beitar – which has been struggling financially and on the field in recent years – can now return to its glory days.

DECEMBER 22, 2020BySTEVE LINDE
Moshe Hogeg with Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Nahyan

A surreal week: Beitar, Abu Dhabi, Iran and aliens

With apologies to any space aliens who might be reading this, some close encounters are definitely better than others.

DECEMBER 11, 2020ByLIAT COLLINS
SHEIKH HAMAD Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Beitar Jerusalem FC co-owner Moshe Hogeg pose for a photo in Dubai on December 7.

Five detained as hundreds protests Beitar Jerusalem sale to UAE royal

Fans protesting the purchase sang "Moshe Hogeg [the Beitar Jerusalem and owner] is dead" and "f**k bin Khalifa."

DECEMBER 11, 2020ByEVE YOUNG
SHEIKH HAMAD Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Beitar Jerusalem FC co-owner Moshe Hogeg pose for a photo in Dubai on December 7.

UAE sheikh buying half of Beitar Jerusalem signals bad news for bigots

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Few things can be more ironic, hopeful and poetically just than Arab investors’ purchase of soccer club Beitar Jerusalem

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
SUPPORTERS OF Beitar Jerusalem cheer for their team during a soccer match against Maccabi Umm el-Fahm at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.

Grapevine December 11, 2020: An end to Zoom?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN holds a book of Jabotinsky’s essays alongside leaders of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

Hapoel Beersheba bests Beitar Jerusalem

Ashdod shocks Maccabi Tel Aviv • Haifa blanks K8 Petah Tikva nails injury-time winner to beat Bnei Yehuda

DECEMBER 8, 2020ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
In an entertaining Premier League match in the capital, Hapoel Beersheba upended host Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 on Monday night at Teddy Stadium.

Beitar Jerusalem ushers in Israel-UAE era

Co-owners Hogeg, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan tout joint vision of growth for soccer club

DECEMBER 8, 2020ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
Beitar Jerusalem co-owners Moshe Hogeg (center) and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (right) pose with the sheikh’s son, Mohamed, after signing their historic partnership agreement on Monday evening.

Beitar Jerusalem, the unlikely symbol of Israeli-Arab unity

Perhaps now, Beitar can shed its racist image and become a sporting model of Jewish-Muslim teamsmanship.

DECEMBER 8, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
BEITAR JERUSALEM looks like a whole new team – both on and off the pitch – after a number of personnel changes, from the club’s owner to executives to players, and improved results are bound to follow.

Arab owner of Beitar, Har Bracha wine in Dubai signify major change

Beitar Jerusalem, in the blink of an eye, has gone from an example of ugliness in Israeli society, to a symbol of the potentials of peace.

DECEMBER 8, 2020ByHERB KEINON
BEITAR JERUSALEM players celebrate with Eliran Atar (center) after the forward scored on a 26th-minute penalty in his first match with the club to help the yellow-and-black beat Maccabi Haifa 2-0 last night in Israel Premier League action at Teddy Stadium

UAE's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa purchases 50% of Beitar Jerusalem FC

The sheikh's son, Mohamed, will be the family's representative in Beitar's management and is expected to visit Israel in the coming weeks.

DECEMBER 7, 2020ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
BEITAR JERUSALEM players celebrate with Eliran Atar (center) after the forward scored on a 26th-minute penalty in his first match with the club to help the yellow-and-black beat Maccabi Haifa 2-0 last night in Israel Premier League action at Teddy Stadium