{"description":"The Israeli Premier League rarely makes global headlines in the way its counterparts do.\nThat changed in 2020 with the news that a UAE royal was to take a 50% stake in Beitar Jerusalem FC, the only team in a league where all ethnicities co-exist never to have signed an Arab player, proclaimed by its own fans as 'the most racist club in the country'. In On the Border: The Rise and Decline of the Most Political Club in the World football journalist Shaul Adar tells the fascinating journey from sports movement of a liberal national Zionism party to an overt symbol of right-wing views, Mizrahi identity and eventually hardcore nationalism. In conversation with The Goldberg Variations author Mark Glanville.\nBuy a copy of On the Border: The Story of Beitar Jerusalem by Shaul Adar","height":1080,"html":"<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://skiv.com/embed/VXwwHxK\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"fullscreen\" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>","provider_name":"Skiv","provider_url":"https://skiv.com","thumbnail_height":198,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.skiv.com/u/MkG8VMM/4d52f30a03be36be60df3dc905dbff674f82db98d9c8be622fcde202676bca32/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg","thumbnail_width":352,"title":"Political Football: Beitar Jerusalem FC","type":"video","url":"https://skiv.com/v/VXwwHxK","version":"1.0","width":1920}