High Court to hear petitions against police ban on protest shirts worn by Hapoel Tel Aviv fans
At issue is a red shirt - the team’s color - bearing symbols associated with the Israel Police, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and the outlawed Kach movement, all crossed out with a diagonal line.
Israeli law enforcement personnel on horseback disperse a crowd of football club supporters outside Bloomfield Stadium after an Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel and Maccabi was cancelled due to what Israel Police said was public disorder and violent riots, in Tel Aviv, Israel in this scre(photo credit: Israel Police/Handout via REUTERS)BySARAH BEN-NUNUpdated: