Beitar Jerusalem is the only top level Israeli professional soccer team never to have recruited an Arab player. The New York Times reports that now that the team has recruited two Muslim players racism has emerged yet again from fans that are suspected to have set fire to the team's headquarters as a means of protest. The matters are complex but this constitutes yet another global example of the complexities of diversity and the role that sport plays. Click on this Diversity and Inclusion Podcast to hear a discussion on domestic sports diversity and inclusion by Duane Morris lawyers Nolan Atkinson and Kenneth L. Shropshire.
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