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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israels-spectacular-champions-455171
Israel's Spectacular Champions
(Jerusalem Post) Dov Lipman - Last weekend Hapoel Beersheba clinched the championship of Israel's premier soccer league, its first championship since 1976. Team owner Alona Barkat took over an unsuccessful, second-division team and built it into a champion, demonstrating that there is no glass ceiling for women in Israel, neither in the business world nor in the sports world. Seeing a female owner being celebrated by all the male coaches, managers and players demonstrates a beautiful side of Israel. Next we look to the players. The team's roster includes Jews, Muslims and Christians, from different races. All came together with respect and friendship to win this championship. All stood side-by-side as the national anthem was sung before games. What better example demonstrates what we are as a Jewish state, where minorities and members of different faiths are given equal opportunity and equal rights? The writer, a former MK, is director of the Department of Zionist Operations for the World Zionist Organization.