Last month Beitar Jerusalem signed two Chechen players, breaking a tradition of not signing Arabs or Muslims.

BBC: Charred trophies in the offices of Beitar Jerusalem

The offices of Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem have been damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack.

BBC: Charred trophies in the offices of Beitar Jerusalem

Beitar Jerusalem were the only leading club in Israel never to have signed Arab players because of pressure from fans.

BBC: Charred trophies in the offices of Beitar Jerusalem

Elsewhere in the draw, highly-fancied Barcelona will play either Beitar Jerusalem or Wisla Krakow and Italian giants Juventus face Tampere United or Artmedia Bratislava.

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The Foreign Office spokeswoman said the two consulate employees were suspected of trying to obtain weapons for an alleged attack on Teddy Stadium, the home of the Beitar Jerusalem football team.

BBC: Huge Jerusalem flag unfurled at the Teddy stadium

At Beitar Jerusalem's last home game against the mixed Arab-Jewish side, Bnei Sakhnin, security was tight and measures were taken to ensure that offensive and racist banners were not allowed into the "Teddy" Stadium.

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As well as buying Jerusalem's Beitar football club, he set up a tent city for refugees from the north during the Lebanon war and is now planning to build cheap housing for new immigrants.

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The aged rabbi also wants to be sure that as soon as the 90 days are up, building can resume in the two largest settlements, Beitar and Modiin Ilit, both sprawling Orthodox communities close to Jerusalem, just across the 1967 border.

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