Attacks La Familia, protects the deal with Ben Khalifa, and does not deny entry into politics • The owner of Betar Jerusalem does not remain obligated: "Jealousy in me makes people think"
"No matter how much money I make, what matters is what legacy I will leave behind."
Moshe is celebrating
Photo:
Disposal pins
Moshe Hogg sat in his house on a black sofa, dressed in black, in a large room that was mostly black, except for the deep burgundy of the surface of the snooker table and the blue-red shirt of Leo Messi, which was framed in gold, and made it clear that neither bears nor forest.
The deal with Sheikh Hemed bin Khalifa of the UAE has not exploded, it is only a "temporary postponement", and like in football, "it is not over until it is over".
In mid-November Tess celebrates to Dubai to meet the Sheikh.
"I looked him in the eye and said, 'Leave the numbers and leave the football, I ask you to understand that something inconceivable can happen here,'" he says with his eyes reflecting that he is excited.
"I told him, 'If what interests you is just football, you'll buy a team in England. But if you want to make a mark in the world, leave a legacy that will be engraved in the pages of history, even after you die - let's do something really important with me. In every league in the world, including in Israel, it is one thing. Betar Jerusalem is a completely different story.
With all my love for football, you can do something here that is much bigger than football.
A historic opportunity.
The group of Jerusalem, the capital and the holy city of the three religions.
There is no other city like this.
We will be an inspiration to the whole world by illustrating that Jews and Muslims do not have to be enemies. '
"Muhammad with the keffiyeh and Moshe with the dome are sitting together in the podium. What power this thing will have for our children. Leave the adults, we are spoiled. I was excited by the idea that children will see it and get proof that Jews and Muslims can do beautiful things together.
" The issue in business eyes, in terms of profitability, revenue, opportunities, potential.
I asked to share it with vision, dream and hope. "
Including the parts concerning the" pure forever "Betar Muslim players, the racist slurs in the stands?
"Sure. I sat and taught him what Betar is and why it's so big.
I told him that in the end, no matter what I said, he would understand it in full force only when it happened, but in the meantime, I would do my best to make him begin to understand.
I put it into the history of the club.
I told him it was the people's club.
This is the right, this is the Likud, this is the ruling party.
The prime minister is a fan of the group.
President avid fan, and was chairman of the club.
"I told him we received an offer from an Israeli production to Netflix series Beitar Jerusalem. There are series about Manchester City, Liverpool, Barcelona, has a stunning series for Sunderland, and now Want a series about Betar, which will accompany all this.
I said to him: This is a message to the whole world.
I made it clear to him that this was what he was buying, not a football team.
Hapoel Tel Aviv was offered to him for free.
They told him, here, take the shares for free, without money.
I told him: 'With Hapoel Tel Aviv you will not make history.
"History will only be done in Betar Jerusalem. To make a change, go where there are problems. Go where it hurts."
And you did not expect that what would hurt would be the reviews around the deal?
"I knew there would be other teams trying to thwart the move, because they do not want competition. I knew that her family would run amok, because they do not care about the club, but only about their racist agenda and how it serves only them. But I did not imagine that the Israel Football Association I did not imagine that there would be such a mobilization to harm a person who wants to donate, and to frustrate us.
"When the sheikh told me it was clear to him that he would receive fire from Israeli opponents, such as Turkey and Qatar.
I made a huge mistake, I really did not watch it.
And maybe I should have expected, given the treatment that Betar Jerusalem has received all these years. "
An attitude reserved only for Betar Jerusalem?
"I have no doubt that if the Sheikh wanted to buy Hapoel Tel Aviv, it would have gone smoothly and easily, both in terms of the football association and the media.
I'm not happy to say that.
I'm a winner, I do not like to take risks.
But in this case it's facts.
The establishment and the media are not dying for Betar. That is the truth.
"Last week there was a violent and ugly brawl in the Haifa derby.
I looked at the reports on the websites and thought to myself that if Betar Jerusalem fans and players were involved in a much smaller event, the reports about it would open the new editions. They would celebrate it endlessly, because it wears a stamp on the narrative. Here is Betar Jerusalem, the neighborhood , The thugs.
In Haifa, it does not fit in well with the existing agreements. "
* * *
It turns out that there are a lot of question marks in material matters regarding a suit son and his ability to stand in the deal.
According to the publications, the association and the committee for the transfer of rights allegedly have information related to fraud and money laundering, and there have been concerns that he is a straw man.
"There are several things that are not clear. I do not deny that there are real problems. If half of the things that came up from different directions, such as investigative companies that the association operated, turn out to be true - I do not want that. I am still in the process of testing. I do not know whether the deal "Ceiling or not at the end. I'm checking right now."
Maybe the club and you were harmed as a result of the deal?
"I still have control, so Betar would not have been harmed.
Look at that moment from my point of view.
They explain to me that he is a royal son.
I meet him and everyone turns to him, 'Your Majesty'.
They are all dressed in white, festive, great staffs, servants, lots and lots of wealth.
Luxurious cars, luxurious homes, a welcome of kings, of course there are means.
Above all, I have not found and still do not find the motive.
Suppose this is a scammer.
Why should he make this deal? "
Could it be that the dream has blurred your business senses a bit?
" Not at all.
I'm not naive, there were some weird things in my eyes.
I will not list them, because maybe I'm wrong and maybe everything's fine.
If the deal does not happen and I have certain data, I will have something to say.
But as I sat and analyzed all the information I had in my hands, what tipped the scales in favor of making the deal was the motive.
If he has no money and his motives are foreign, the end of the story will explode inside him.
If so, why not go out and be interviewed in places like the New York Times, no less?
You know the end of every bluff is revealed.
Why expose yourself completely and state your intentions on the most important stages, if your hands are not clean?
"I was not convinced that there was an unclean aspect here. Even if the broker was just hinting to me, in a whisper in my ear, to pay him in advance - I would jump in and suspect that this was the combo. But that did not happen either. There were no requests or demands in advance. "Furthermore, on Sunday this week, I spoke with the Sheikh's business manager, and he told me that by the end of the month, they would be handing over everything that was requested in accordance with the summaries. Money, certificates, everything."
So everything goes as planned?
"I want to fly to Dubai. I need to feel and see things in my own eyes, with my lawyers. Because it is not possible to fly, we asked for a 21-day postponement. Given that the sky is still closed, my lawyer applied to the association and was instructed to withdraw the application. Re when it will be possible to fly. That's all.
"When it became known about the withdrawal of the application I was in a meeting.
My phone is always in silent mode, and in meetings I often put it upside down, so that it does not rob me of my attention.
That day I left the meeting, glanced at the phone and was really scared.
At least a thousand missed messages and calls, I'm not exaggerating.
madhouse.
"Betar is a constant madness."
Ben Khalifa was hurt by the criticism of him?
"He was very hurt by it, just as any human being would be hurt by such a barrage. A person comes to give, and you kill him. It is delusional, only in Israel do such things happen. A person from a foreign country comes to contribute ideology, and the media kills him."
And you?
"I hope and believe that it will not break me, and in general, that I will not break anything. I will say it in the simplest way: as long as most Betar fans want me in Betar, I will stay in Betar.
"I know and I will know who wants and who does not want me in Betar. At the moment, La Familia does not want me, because they are for the opposite. That is what they know, and I am not excited about it."
In retrospect, what would you have done differently?
"Maybe I would have announced the deal when it's more mature. Maybe I put the money in a trust first. I don't have a definitive answer, and investing thought in the past is a bit unnecessary because I don't have a time machine. I'm focused on the present."
Why the Football Association against Betar Jerusalem?
"These are much deeper and older things than me.
Ask veteran Betar fans, and they will tell you that this has been the case for years. The association is people, and there are people there who are against Betar.
I do not know how to give a complete answer.
There may be sporting rivalries, though in my opinion it is mostly political.
"Betar is identified with the right, and the establishment in Israel is still left."
The top of the political establishment is right.
Did you expect support from them?
"I expected and also received, from some of them. President Rivlin gave a huge public hug to the initiative, and I thank him for that, and the Prime Minister also tweeted in Arabic."
Were you disappointed that he did not do more than that?
"Maybe he does not want to quarrel with La Familia before the election. I do not really know, it's just my personal interpretation."
Avner Netanyahu tweets critically about Betar. Following the deal, he tweeted that there are too many sensations in Betar and dealing with unprofessional issues, instead of investing in youth, scouting, facilities.
"Avner Netanyahu is indeed the son of the prime minister, but he is no different from the rest of our fans who have an opinion and they express it. Overall, Avner is a positive fan and comes from a good place.
" I do not know him personally, but it is clear to me that he loves the team, Who is intelligent, and certainly not racist.
And yet, even though his father is the prime minister, in his personal opinion there is no overweight. "
* * *
Celebrating (39) sits in front of a black grand piano, which stands in the living room of the house on the 11th floor of an apartment tower near State Square.
He pokes his wrists, as he often does, and not just in preparation for playing the piano, and bursts into playing "The Flower in the Gardens," aware that Zohar Argov's piano concerto is surprising, largely as he celebrates himself.
He grew up in Meitar, studied extensively in Be'er Sheva, and to this day one Bible exam separates him from a full matriculation certificate. His mother was born in Be'er Sheva and worked in art, as a teacher in classes and as a gift shop owner. His father immigrated to Israel from Tunis as a child, was an Air Force logistics officer. In permanent service and then worked in the Ministry of Defense. Celebrates serving seven years in the IDF and in his last position was a company commander in the Sting Dog Unit.
After his release he moved in 2007 to the worlds of technology and the Internet, without a single formal lesson of any field included in them.
A significant turning point at the beginning of his career was recorded in 2010 with the establishment of Mobley, a photo sharing app, and at the same time highly innovative and similar to Instagram established at the time.
In 2017, Mobley was finally closed, also because its chances of success were zero compared to Instagram, which had previously passed to Mark Zuckerberg.
At the same time, during those years, Hogg's business grew and multiplied.
Among other things, he established the Singularity Venture Capital Fund, with which he invests to this day in various companies.
Along with some impressive exits, Celebrate's business path also includes allegations against him.
Earlier this week, for example, it was reported that the court had ordered the appointment of a joint venture to one of the companies under its control.
Much of his fortune has been spent celebrating in the arena of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin, which he entered as early as 2013, when they were even more shrouded in mystery than they are today.
The amorphies of the encrypted coins, their perception as deceptive, devoid of form and color, recognition and institutional stamp, contributed quite a bit to the unresolved dimension of his character.
"At first I did not really understand what this technology embodies," he says. "My success was mainly due to luck. I did not explore the political implications of technology, until 2017, which was my great business year. From the moment I really understood the political and ideological significance of technology, I fell in love. "I promoted it with all my might in my company, and we became the top five in the field in the world."
What is the political significance?
"Bitcoin basically means we are not really free and in control of our money, and it expropriates the state's exclusive ability to print money and control money. The state can take everything from us. Only bitcoin is really ours and only it cannot be taken, because it is a slogan.
" , All other coins are bullshit.
Shekel, dollar, Japanese yen, euro - all inventions.
The Iraqi dinar crashed the second they seized Saddam Hussein because at that moment the regime's ability to enforce its authority, also economically, had expired.
Bitcoin is working on a global consensus.
In Putin, in Trump or both.
There is us, the community.
The power of the currency comes from the people, from us.
"Bitcoin has not yet reached its full value. It is currently worth $ 50,000. I do not know what it will do tomorrow, or in half a year. But I sign you that if in five years it is not dramatically higher than its value today, I will go with you to the Interior Ministry and change My name to any name you want. "
Personally, why did you connect to this currency?
"Because it is anarchist and free and in line with my views. It is a very political and anti-censorship technology. I am a capitalist, I fully support a free market and I oppose regulation. Although, in my opinion, regulation must be introduced in the field of social networks, , I'm much scarier than Iran. Zuckerberg's power is greater than the power of the US President.
I believe in an aggressive security concept, which does not serve the other cheek, but believes no less in coexistence, peace, solidarity and social tolerance.
I loathe racism and discrimination and think, for example, that it is delusional that LGBT people do not have exactly the full rights. It really scares me that in 2021 a person will not get a mortgage because his love is same-sex or otherwise.
"All these values are not for the left, I just vote To the right.
I also put on tefillin and keep Shabbat, but think religion should be separated from state.
Can't everyone be subject to the same rules and dictates of religion? "When
rushing forward to achieve goals, do the means sometimes not be morally undermined? For example, the question marks in a suit deal did not touch on value aspects?
" My.
Do you see this chess board? "Celebrates pointing to a large light wood game board." I play chess with my child.
This is a game where you have to calculate how many moves ahead and understand your opponents excellently.
If I were immoral and emotionless, I would be much much richer today.
But there are ways I am not willing to go because they are immoral in my eyes.
I'm not such a man.
I'm not a shark, I'm not cold, I'm not emotionless.
For example, I do not do eye for an eye.
Although it is written in the Torah, I oppose it in the moral aspect. "
In recent years there has been a very long line of lawsuits against you.
" I have not encountered it and did not experience it in these monstrous dimensions before I acquired Betar. There is a method here. The patent is not forever in court In court no one has won and will never win me. Reverse, I won. I did not win.
"When I am sued - pushers come out, do not settle for just knowing.
When I win - barely half knowing.
I won, and even made sure my media executives acted on the issue - and nothing.
disregard.
I raged in front of my team, I demanded that they put it in.
I was sued, and everyone posted.
Now I have won.
Why not advertise?
The unfairness on the part of the media is being exploited against me.
"The lawsuits are baseless. Not fraud-theft-fraud, but took me, ate me, drank me. It's very simple. There are currencies, those currencies are now up hundreds of percent. Three or four months ago Bitcoin was at $ 8,000, and now He's 50,000. But as he went up and everyone applauded, sometimes there's the opposite way, and he can go down just as much. People do not like that. I do not like that either.
"There are those who understand the nature of the activity, and there are those who say to themselves, 'Wait, there's a pocket here, let's get something out.'
Proving in court takes years, and there they can not prove something that is not true.
But in the meantime, they easily release a lawsuit, write what they want, go to the media that can quote from the lawsuit at will and then headlines blow up.
This is blackmail.
One of the people suing me sat down with me and asked, do you know what a greenmail is?
Like Blackmail, but Green.
He does not attach a gun to my head, but sues me and runs to the media.
Legal extortion.
"Know that I do not want to sit with lawyers all day, so I will probably go to a compromise, pay, and return to technology. But it is protection. You become an ATM. Those lawyers hunt more and more clients with the same story."
Quite a few have closed with you in quiet compromises over the years.
"My serious mistake. A world mistake, for which I pay a heavy price. In the last year I have decided that I am not wrong with it anymore. I go to the end."
* * *
He already knew his wife, Inbal Taizi, as a teenager.
He was 16, she was 14, they lived on the same street in Meitar, "and I courted and chased after her" a celebrating number.
"It took years until I succeeded. We were together for a short time during my military service, when Inbal had just been released, we broke up, and 11 years ago we remarried."
Inbal owns a preschool, and they are the parents of three - Roy, 8, Rein, 4, and Tom, 1 year old.
Two and a half years ago, he acquired Betar Jerusalem. "I had all kinds of goals that I marked in life, and one of the problematic things is that you sometimes achieve them.
When this happens at a relatively young age, you ask yourself, what now?
And that is a difficult question.
I got into an economic situation that got me into a complex.
Why get up in the morning?
What will motivate me?
"I realized I needed to do something important, unrelated to money. More money, less money, that's not what matters and it's not interesting. There will always be richer people than me, no matter how much money I make. What matters is what legacy I will leave behind. I analyzed the situation. "And I decided I wanted to influence a lot of people and do good."
To do good through Betar Jerusalem?
"Betar did bad. I think this is a very special group, which due to racism and bad image, caused damage. Image damage. I saw that our enemies use racist chants of Betar fans as an example of racist Israelis, who want to kill All the evenings.
"I wanted to fix something, to fix the racism. And not in a normal city, but in the capital, in the Holy City. I am very connected to 'love your neighbor as yourself,' and that has become the central value of the club, which lives on our shirts, locker rooms, training ground. I hope to promote these through this special platform called Betar Jerusalem.
Did you succeed in promoting these values in Betar?
"Today there is not the violence that once was in Betar games.
A round of zero violence, for the first time in the club's history.
According to a survey by the new foundation, which has been sending representatives to all games for 15 years to document racist chants, Betar Jerusalem was in first place last year, on the right side of the index. Least racist chants in the entire Premier League. Betar Jerusalem!
And it did not get enough resonance.
"I brought Ali Muhammad to the team. They are quick to say that he is only half-Muslim, because the mother is a Christian. This is racism in itself. But even if he is 'half-Muslim' - did anyone believe he would be a Betar player with the name Muhammad on his back?
And most importantly, a huge player.
Comes, gives exiles, gets applause from the crowd.
I did something significant here with Ali Muhammad, and most of the Betar audience loves him.
Except for La Familia.
"They are a small, problematic and extremist faction, driven by an agenda that I think is partly economic. They sell extremism and make money from it. There are those who fund them."
who will?
"I will not get into it, but it is an organization that is semi-economic. It is not ideological.
" The good of the club is not the issue for them.
The main thing is extremism and hatred.
They spice up the hate with good deeds.
Come to the child who was boycotted and sing and hug him.
It's very beautiful.
A person in need, they provide him with food.
great.
But it is nothing compared to the damage that racism, extremism and hatred cause us.
"At first, for a while, I got confused with La Familia. I met the people and said they were fundamentally good. I believed that this matter could be taken care of and I gave them a hug. I gave them strength. "It's cancer. Cancer that needs to be eradicated, and I have to fight it all."
how?
"In all sorts of ways. For example, whoever swears, I will personally sue him for damaging the club's reputation. I placed cameras to document it. Some were sued, and some received warning letters before a lawsuit. And some paid money, sharp and smooth. Shouted, raged, made noise , And paid. "
* * *
Are you not afraid?
About yourself, about the family?
"I am not afraid or apprehensive about my family. Eli Tabib has stun grenades every Monday and Thursday, on him, on the family. I am very sorry to see this. I am light years away from his situation and I am not afraid of it even for a moment."
Why are you different?
"I think the biggest question is always where you come from. What motivates you. My motive is not to do bad to people. Only good. It can not be faked. See in deeds, in caring, and not just in the amount you invest. Gaydamak invested in Betar Pi Five of me, but Gaydamak didn't really like football.
His goal was to be mayor.
After not winning the election, he brought in a Muslim actor just to put a finger on everyone's, which is more serious racism than La Familia.
Use the Muslim person as a tool, as a doll.
"Do you know how much pressure I am under to bring a Muslim Arab actor to Betar?
But I will not bring an actor because he is a Muslim.
Not ready.
I will only bring in an actor who can upgrade us, and his religion does not interest me.
"Ali Muhammad is the best contact in the country. When he has a less good game, they start claiming on Facebook teams that he is not a good player and that he should be released (bursts out laughing). It will not happen."
Which husband and wife will they live in harmony with?
"Maybe with Itamar Ben Gvir. On the contrary, he is welcome to make an offer and I will consider it, maybe. If Ben Gvir had come and offered me not NIS 100 million but NIS 200, I want to believe I was strong enough not to sell. Because of the clear balance between values and money.
"On the other hand, if the club's audience wants to put up a better alternative than me, or they do not want more in my way, I will leave.
I came to Betar only to contribute and do good. "
And maybe even gain some publicity and status, as you claim.
"To sum up my motives for acquiring Betar with a desire to be published is so flat and simplistic.
It's not serious".
* * *
You have been said over the years to be a controversial and "unbroken" person.
"I've not been cracked for a decade. This is the ugliest delegitimization that can be done to a person. I can not really explain it, because it is foreign to me, and I try to understand for myself. Various critics know that in the test of capital, I probably have a little more than most, Says modestly.I really do not like to say such things and get into ego games.It does not reflect the way I look at it.I do not compare the capital of others and my capital to estimate the value of my doing and the way I did.I am not there, it is not interesting. I look at myself first.
"The data is known to everyone, and it drives many of them insane.
They know how much I only put in Betar, and that eats them up. 'How exactly is he so successful?'
Jealousy makes people think, and comes from a weak and miserable soul. A happy person who is confident and whole with his way, does not get dirty on others. This is the way of the unfortunate.
"I saw Eli Tabib arguing on TV with a reporter, and at one point saying something like: 'I am a lot Richer than you, you do not have and will not have a quarter of a percent of what I have '.
And I said to myself, how small and insecure you are, that such words come out of your mouth. "
Doubts were also expressed about factors from your business environment, or claimed that your investors are not from the mainstream. For example, billionaire Keins Rakishev from Kazakhstan.
" .
What a repulsive racism.
Whether he was English or American, the framing was completely different.
This is a charming person, who loves Israel, who has invested more than $ 100 million in startups in Israel.
He's been dating me since 2012, and he's like my brother.
This is a person who has trusted me from the beginning, and since then he has had shares in every company I set up.
Every day, when I put on tefillin, I always greet it too.
He is a Muslim and kisses mezuzahs when he visits Israel.
A character who shatters prejudices.
Unfortunately, he does not like football.
I told him a thousand times, let's you be the one who invests with me in Betar.
* * *
You recently said that because you are not an 8200 graduate and you are Moroccan-Tunisian, you are treated differently.
Do you really believe that?
"There is racism in Israel, and not just among Betar fans.
There is racism in the tall windows.
It will pass one day, I hope for our children or grandchildren the reality will be different. "
Are you hurt by the treatment of you?
" I am a person who takes everything to heart.
But everything.
Wins, losses, successes, failures.
For me, everything goes straight to the heart.
It is manifested in both nerves and tears.
With my business there were moments when I crashed to the floor in tears and asked why it was not working, I worked so hard and did not walk.
When there is a sequence of successes, you do not appreciate it enough.
When there is a sequence of failures, you do not remember that you succeeded.
"2017 was a year where I threw the basket with my eyes closed, and I always scored. 2016 was the opposite. Companies closed down, employees left, and I lost a lot of money. I had hard years in my career. And then yes, you crash into tears."
And in Betar?
"In Betar I do not collapse, I fight. But it is clear that I had many sleepless nights after losses.
" I take to heart the ignorance of the good.
This is inconceivable to me.
If there's a billionaire who can make Betar better than me - please. If someone comes and says to me: 'Celebrate, thank you for everything, now I want to invest three times what you invested, and know how to do better than you for the club', I will not stop him And I will not hurt the club. But there is no one like that. I do not say these things arrogantly. There really is no, no one comes. There are no volunteers.
"Because I am at eye level and do not walk around with my nose up, it makes me more exposed.
There were those who advised me to be inaccessible.
Surrounding myself with a wall of people, who will divide me from the world.
I'm not like that.
Not detached, does not perceive myself elevated from a people.
But it sometimes makes journalists and fans confused.
"Hello, a drop of credit. I did not inherit the money, nor did I win the lottery. A little appreciation. All this did not happen by itself, nor could I keep everything to myself and my home. I could not give a penny to any social cause.
" I took a lot of money and invested it for the community.
I devote time and resources and pay a heavy price.
So I hope for some gratitude.
There are many who appreciate, and there are some who are completely confused.
A club owner should chart a path, and make sure there is money and on time.
Once he has done these, he should receive appreciation and gratitude.
I am not a player on the grass, and yet I am often judged on the fact that the team loses. "
And this happens quite a bit. For 12 years, Betar has not won the championship.
"But in those 12 years I'm the first to bring a degree last year. True, the Toto Cup, the third most important, and yet, a first degree. There are two, maybe three owners in the Premier League, who put in budgets I do not know how to put. Mitch Goldhaar is a billionaire, and there NIS 150 million a year, I do not know how to do it. Last year the budget was 80 million, and I put almost 50 million out of pocket. But I do not intend to repeat it. I am not as rich as Goldhaar, and I do not know how to lose NIS 100 million a year. In these two and a half years, more than NIS 100 million, but there are more important things, and there are achievements that are not just a Toto Cup. "
Can you own the club for years?
"Yes. And I want to bring the club to a situation that will generate income on its own. Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Beer Sheva generate income 50 to 100 percent more than Betar Jerusalem.
In the case of Maccabi Tel Aviv, it is even 200 percent more.
"And yet Betar's audience is the largest in the country. I am learning this and working to rectify the situation."
How do you do that?
"I'm still learning it. If the team produces NIS 45-40 million a year, rough wat? You don't need the avenger. The club will be strong on its own. From ticket sales, subscriptions. Betar's subscription record was broken last year, but the team is relatively Weak at it still.
Hapoel Beer Sheva has 14,000 subscribers, compared to 10,000 Betar subscribers, and like us, it has twice the size of the Beer Sheva crowd. In fact, Betar has fewer subscribers than all the other large groups.
"Maccabi Haifa has taken one title in the last ten years, and still Sami Ofer is always full. Teddy is not full, it is wrong and requires treatment."
* * *
Are you still angry with Noble Omar who chose Maccabi Haifa and not Betar?
"I'm not angry with him, I'm disappointed with him.
Disappointed to see that there is no longer romance in football.
Eli Ohana returned from Europe to the National League.
Is there anything more romantic and beautiful than that?
Aliniv Barda also returned to Be'er Sheva, despite having many offers, from Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Tel Aviv.
At the time it was alleged that he sexually abused a minor, you did not sign him at Betar.
"At that point in time the case has not yet been closed. I did checks through my contacts and was explicitly told that the case was about to be closed out of innocence, but it took a while until it was officially set.
" I'm a little angry with myself on this issue.
I went against what I believed in, that a person is innocent until proven otherwise.
It was clear to me and I also made it clear that if they were signed and then an indictment was filed, I would release him immediately.
I was wrong, I could seal it, and I did not.
Why?
"Because Yossi Benyon did not agree. I really like and appreciate Yossi. He is an extraordinary person, an honest, good and talented person. But because he has a girl, the girl's age, he did not agree to hear about it. I sat with him for hours and said to him 'Adam Innocent until proven otherwise. If it's not true, you are doing him an injustice. It's not fair. 'But he objected completely and told me that if I sign my noble, he leaves. I chose Yossi over Noble and I was wrong, because a professional manager is not a manager The morality. If there is a morality director for Betar, it's me.
I outline the value path of the club.
A professional manager should say whether the player is good professionally or not, and Benyon did not question the professionalism of a nobleman.
He said that professionally he is very fit, but morally he is not ready to be at the club.
I was in a difficult trap and chose Yossi. "
What does Ohana actually do, as chairman of the club?
”He takes care of everything, both in the youth department and in the seniors.
The connection between us is excellent, and I consult with him on procurement and any issue. "You have
invested 1.4 million to bring in Jordan Shua. Are you satisfied?
" I am satisfied with Jordan and that it will only continue like this.
He is an excellent actor, behaves well, not because all the stories that were around him - there is nothing of them in Betar.
What is the dream victory for you in Betar?
"A real victory for me is not one record.
This is not some climax of orgasm.
In my dream, Betar makes money like Maccabi Tel Aviv, it has strong infrastructure in youth and scouting, and an audience that goes with it in fire and water, but really, not in slogans. Not extremes, and no hidden agendas, only football. Betar is forever pure in its love .
A club with a crowd poisoned by love.
"I believe in football that our fans love. I love that Betar is offensive.
Technical football, offensive, expatriates.
Then a degree will also be the icing on the cake, and from there we will continue to homes in Europe. "
Will politics come after Betar? Did you receive any proposals?
"I was contacted once but it is not relevant at this stage.
One day, it could be.
"
Did you always vote for the Likud?
" I always voted for the right.
Not always Likud.
In one of the last elections, I did not vote for the Likud. "
I mean, did you vote for the right?
" Yes. "And
who will you vote for in the upcoming elections?
" I have not yet decided. "
When Eli Ohana was offered to join the Jewish House, criticism was harsh and made him rethink the proposal. What will happen to you too?
”This onslaught was very hard, ugly.
It is also racism.
'He's Moroccan, he's a footballer.'
So much love here to diminish people.
"It will not happen to me. There are those who will love me and there are those who will love me less. I do not think it is possible not to appreciate my way and doing, even if they do not agree with me. And it can not be said that I am not a leader. I led the school, I led the army, I Today's leader in my various societies. "
So you want to be prime minister?
"I want to do good and in my essence, throughout my life, I have led. I am very ambitious, I like to solve problems, so I guess if I had entered the system, I would have aspired to eventually lead it. But I am not yet 40. And apart from doing at home "I have several goals left in the business world that I want to achieve, before I think of such a move."
lanskinam@gmail.com
