172:(IFA) punished Beitar by forcing them to play their next game against Sakhnin with no fans present. Vandals set fire to the IFA's offices and left graffiti threatening the life of the IFA chairman. The graffiti included the initials "LF" for La Familia, but the group denied involvement. Bnei Sakhnin is the only Arab-Israeli club in the Premier League. Matches between the clubs often result in violence and arrests.
133:. Estimates of the group's size varies with a reporter putting the number at a few hundred, while a leader said that it encompassed a network of 3,000 supporters. In 2008, a BBC correspondent said that the group was about 20% of the crowd. They are the most vocal in the stadium, and some local fans follow their gameday chants.
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Zionist youth movement, and has since been supported by several
Israeli politicians on the political right. La Familia has similarly been labeled far-right and is openly against those they view as being on the left. Beitar has publicly condemned the group, going as far as barring its supporters from
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raised anger from the supporters. Members of La
Familia set a team office on fire after the announcement. Fans walked out of a match in March that saw Sadayev score his first goal for Beitar. As of December 2020, no Arabs have ever played for Beitar, unlike other top Israeli clubs, which is
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Heller, Aron (20 January 2012). "Israeli club paying price for racist fans".
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