RADIKAAL

21. Sophia Solomon on Beitar Jerusalem, La Familia, and football and far right in Israel

October 18, 2020 RADIKAAL Season 1 Episode 21
RADIKAAL
21. Sophia Solomon on Beitar Jerusalem, La Familia, and football and far right in Israel
Show Notes

My guest is Sophia Solomon, a PhD student in political science at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Her current research focuses on civil-military relations in Britain, Canada and Israel, with a particular focus on so-called “shooting soldiers”, i.e. soldiers who killed suspected terrorists after they were captured. However, Sophia and I talk about her previous research, for her MA thesis, which focuses on the Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem, its infamous ultras/hooligans La Familia, and the connections to and significance for the far right in Israel.