Asi Maman 12/02/2021 17:11
Fans of the teams in Israel (Radad Jabara)
Precisely while the state plans to return the crowd to the fields, the Israel Police is expected to close the unit for the prevention of violent crimes in sports in about a month. The decision was made due to a lack of budget for the continued operation of the unit, ONE first learned.
After a whole year without an audience in the stands and a lot of emotions on the part of the fans on social media and on the street, as could be seen in the Noble Omar affair and the Haifa derby events, the police are expected to close the unit that deals with violent sports offenses at a critical moment.
The unit was established in 2016 and under the agreement signed by the government, it was stipulated that the Ministry of Culture and Sports will help finance the unit at a cost of millions of shekels per year until 2020. But now, with the termination of the agreement, police expected For that.
Therefore, within about a month, the police are expected to close the unit and it will not be possible to know what the consequences will be, especially during a sensitive period in the Israeli public and when Israeli sports are being held to return fans to sporting events.
