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Forever Pure

Directed by: Maya Zinshtein
Runtime: 1hr 25min Year: 2016
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Directed by: Maya Zinshtein
Runtime: 1hr 25min Year: 2016
Country: Israel, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway
Last Screened: Fri 9th Dec 2016

One season in the life of Beitar Jerusalem F.C. is a story of Israeli society, personal identity, politics, money and a window into how racism is destroying a team and society from within.

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. is the most popular and controversial football team in Israel and the only club in the top division never to sign an Arab player.

Mid-way through the 2012-13 season, a secretive transfer deal by the owner, Russian-Israeli oligarch Arcadi Gaydamak, brought two Muslim players from Chechnya. The deal inspired the most racist campaign in Israeli sport that sent the club spiralling out of control.